Ethics of Science and Technology
Since its involvement in promoting international reflection on the ethics of life sciences in the 1970s, UNESCO continues to build and reinforce linkages among ethicists, scientists, policy-makers, judges, journalists, and civil society to assist Member States in enacting sound and reasoned policies on ethical issues in science and technology.
In the context of its work on bioethics and ethics of science & technology, the Organization performs the following major functions: standard-setter, laboratory of ideas, capacity-builder and catalyst for international cooperation.
Standard-setter – pioneering normative action
Stories & Ideas
Events
Laboratory of ideas
UNESCO addresses the emerging ethical challenges by providing an intellectual forum for multidisciplinary, pluralistic and multicultural reflection on ethics of science and technology – via the:
Capacity-building and international cooperation
- As a capacity-builder, UNESCO provides Member States with the necessary tools and technical support for the enhancement of their national ethics infrastructure through the Assisting Bioethics Committees (ABC) and the Ethics Education Programme (EEP); and
- UNESCO cooperates with key international stakeholders in the field of ethics of science and technology and fostering coordination among the major actors through the United Nations Inter-Agency Committee on Bioethics.
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