TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council A2 - Charles W. Wessner TI - The Advanced Technology Program: Assessing Outcomes SN - DO - 10.17226/10145 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10145/the-advanced-technology-program-assessing-outcomes PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Engineering and Technology KW - Industry and Labor AB - This report examines the operations of the APT, reviews its extensive assessment program, and provides NRC Committee findings concerning the ATP’s operations and recommendations for potential improvements to the program. The report includes a summary of a major conference held in April 2000 as well as seven papers, including surveys of the industry participants or users of the ATP program, a summary of the results of fifty awards, detailed assessments of major joint ventures, and a description of the current selection process. It is the most comprehensive study to date of the program’s origins, operations, achievements, and assessment. Its conclusion: the program works. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - The Role of Environmental NGOs: Russian Challenges, American Lessons: Proceedings of a Workshop SN - DO - 10.17226/10240 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10240/the-role-of-environmental-ngos-russian-challenges-american-lessons-proceedings PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - An NRC committee was established to work with a Russian counterpart group in conducting a workshop in Moscow on the effectiveness of Russian environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making and prepared proceedings of this workshop, highlighting the successes and difficulties faced by NGOs in Russia and the United States. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council A2 - Charles W. Wessner TI - Capitalizing on New Needs and New Opportunities: Government-Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Information Technologies SN - DO - 10.17226/10281 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10281/capitalizing-on-new-needs-and-new-opportunities-government-industry-partnerships PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Industry and Labor KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - This report addresses a topic of recognized policy concern. To capture the benefits of substantial U.S. investments in biomedical R&D, parallel investments in a wide range of seemingly unrelated disciplines are also required. This report summarizes a major conference that reviewed our nation's R&D support for biotechnology and information technologies. The volume includes newly commissioned research and makes recommendations and findings concerning the important relationship between information technologies and biotechnology. It emphasizes the fall off in R&D investments needed to sustain the growth of the U.S. economy and to capitalize on the growing investment in biomedicine. It also encourages greater support for inter-disciplinary training to support new areas such as bioinformatics and urges more emphasis on and support for multi-disciplinary research centers. ER - TY - BOOK TI - Report on the Case of Dr. Saad Eddin Mohamed Ibrahim, Imprisoned Sociologist, Cairo, Egypt DO - 10.17226/10148 PY - 2001 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10148/report-on-the-case-of-dr-saad-eddin-mohamed-ibrahim-imprisoned-sociologist-cairo-egypt PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Behavioral and Social Sciences AB - In February 2001 Committee on Human Rights (CHR) member Morton Panish (a member of the NAS and NAE) and former National Academies staff officer Jay Davenport attended the February 2001 hearings in Cairo of the trial of renowned sociology professor, Saad Eddin Ibrahim. This report provides a summary of the February trial cycle and developments in Dr. Ibrahim's case from the time of his arrest in June 2000 through the end of May 2001, when he and 27 staff members of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (which he directs) were convicted. It also describes the CHR's efforts in behalf of Professor Ibrahim and provides an overview of the political and legal environment in Egypt at the time. The report concludes that the outlook for the development of a healthy civil society in Egypt appears to be growing dimmer. By prosecuting a person as highly esteemed as Dr. Ibrahim and closing the Ibn Khaldun Center , the government was sending a clear message that there will be little tolerance of those working in Egypt to promote democracy and the growth of civil society there. ER -