SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDIA (SESCEM) ISSUES WORKING GROUP

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As part of intersessional activities in the lead up to AMED II to be held in Egypt in 2007, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia are co-chairing a Working Group on Political and Security Issues; Egypt and Thailand are co-chairing a Working Group on Economic Issues; and Jordan and Singapore are co-chairing a Working Group on Social, Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Environmental and Media (SESCEM) Issues.

Jordan and Singapore convened the inaugural meeting of the SESCEM Working Group from 27 to 29 November 2005 in Singapore.

In line with the format at AMED I, the SESCEM Working Group was structured into three sub-groups:

i) Human Resource Development and Media:

ii) Promoting Co-operation in Science, Technology, and Research; and

iii) Tradition and Modernity

The SESCEM WG co-chairs had reported to the AMED Steering Committee on the outcomes and follow-ups of the inaugural SESCEM WG meeting.