Ms. Rovani Sigamoney, Assistant Programme Specialist of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector, inspected the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology (IKCEST), on March 19, 2015 during her trip on the feasibility study of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and Tsinghua University's joint bid for a new category 2 centre on engineering education.
Present at the meeting were Wu Guokai, Deputy Secretary General of the CAE; Xu Jin, Deputy Director-general of the International Cooperation Department of the CAE; Tian Qi, Director of Division Two of the International Cooperation Department of the CAE; Yi Jian, Director of the Project Management Office of the China Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology; Gao Xiang and Pan Gang, both Deputy Directors of the CKCEST Project Management Office; Liu Chang, the contact person of IKCEST; Mr. Cao Xuejun, Director of the System Platform, as well as all the other members of the Project Management Office.
The IKCEST made a video presentation of the overview of the centre to Ms. Sigamoney, then updated her on the major progress achieved since the signing and unveiling ceremony, especially in resource building, data pooling, platform development and sub-platform building, as well as its key work plan for 2015. The IKCEST also made an online demonstration of the system platform. After that, both sides exchanged views.
Ms. Sigamoney said she was delighted to have the opportunity to make a field study of the centre and meet the management and technical support team, following her engagement in the draft and application process of the IKCEST's feasibility report last year. She was pleased to learn that the IKCEST has carried out a lot of significant and productive work, which is aligned with the missions and objectives of UNESCO. She said she would make her part to help advance IKCEST's work by linking the IKCEST's website to the portal of UNESCO, bringing back the video on the IKCEST for related personnel to watch, helping arrange representatives of UNESCO to attend the international conference on big data to be held by the IKCEST, helping the IKCEST to build the relationship with other categories 2 centres and gain supports in data exchange and sharing through various National Commissions for UNESCO, and helping promote training programs to be organized by the IKCEST, etc.
Ms. Sigamoney also made suggestions for the IKCEST to improve its work, such as to offer English versions of its Chinese language data resources as soon as possible for queries from other countries.
As the meeting concluded, Ms. Sigamoney expressed her good impression on the development of the IKCEST, her confidence for its prospect and her commitment to coordinate with the headquarters to give full support to the IKCEST.
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