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Sci-TechknoFest - a programme designed to create public awareness of the
contributions of science and technology to the lives of the people. The Festival aims
to inspire innovative thinking while it provides an understanding of the scientific
achievement over the lifespan of mankind
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The Development of a National Innovation System (Young Investors Award)
comprises three (3) components:
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The Prime Minister’s Award for Scientific Ingenuity
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Vacation Camps for School Children (Young Invention and Tech Camps-
Scratch, App Building, Robotics, Gamerz World.)
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Outreach Programmes for Communities and Schools (SciEng Club,
Workshops and Portable Exhibits)
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The
Research and Development Foresighting
project which will focus on a future-
based study on Engineering Education and a future-based study on Natural Science
and Mathematics Education. These studies along with others are used to support the
work being done by several Ministries and National Entities
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Exhibition on the Environment
comprise phases of development research work.
Currently being undertaken Environmental Solutions community-based programme
is the Rainwater harvesting (RWH) project, this project promotes the Government’s
goal of sustainable development
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NISTADS/NIHERST Collaboration on Science and Technology Policy Studies
will
conduct a joint survey on innovation mapping in Trinidad and Tobago. NIHERST also intends to
conduct a survey, in conjunction with the OAS and with inputs from NISTADS, on the level of
innovation in the country. In a third study, an assessment of the level of technology transfer,
adaptation and sophistication of local manufacturing sector, will be undertaken.
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The National Science Centre
is a milestone project and construction will be carried out
over the three (3) year period 2014-2016. Full completion including outfitting of the Science
City is expected by fiscal 2017. The Science City will include a visitor’s facility, administrative
facility, laboratories, kiddies’ science ‘house’, a workshop building, discovery Science Park and
an outdoor amphitheater. The City expects to accommodate over three hundred thousand
(300,000) visitors annually and will have the benefits of engendering:
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200 jobs during construction
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94 full time jobs to operate the complex
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104 downstream service jobs and
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1,000 jobs in related industries and suppliers
Economic Restructuring and Transformation
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Achieving economic growth is an essential for improving the quality of life of citizens.
For Trinidad and Tobago, this involves restructuring and diversifying the production base as well
as encouraging investments and trade for sustained growth and development. To this end,
