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Center for Science, Technology & Economic Development

Helping organizations, regions, and nations prosper in the innovation economy

Capacity Building

Wed, 2010-03-03 11:57
Submitted by csted

We provide technical assistance in assessing and building our clients’ human resource and institutional capacity. We also help clients access world-class technical and managerial expertise through training programs, organization of workshops and site visits, and external review.

Capabilities:
Capacity Building

Selected Projects

Career Advancement Accounts for Workforce Development
SRI provided advice and guidance to the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (DOLETA) for their launch of the Career Advancement Account (CAA) demonstration project in eight demonstration states.
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Catalyzing Tourism in Rural Lebanon
SRI’s work with the Lebanese government, Lebanese tour operators and business owners, and other local partners was instrumental in refocusing the way Lebanon promotes tourism in its rural regions.
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Helping the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Access International Scientific Peer Reviewers
SRI organized international peer review panels for KOSEF by selecting reviewers, designing a review process that met KOSEF’s requirements, arranging reviewers’ participation in review panels, facilitating panel meetings, and submitting the results of peer review to KOSEF.
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Evaluating the Benefits of Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO) for NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) contracted with SRI International to conduct several broad-based, nationwide evaluative studies of NSF’s support for undergraduate research experiences.
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Operational Planning Assistance for KAUST’s Economic Development Office
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Unify|Regionalize|Diversify - SRI and Brookings Proposed Economic Development Agenda for Nevada
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SRI Signs MOU with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
On October 11, 2010, SRI signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).  The MOU aims to support innovation and innovat...
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Practical Strategies for Working at the Intersection of Workforce and Economic Development: Recent SRI Training Activities

SRI’s Jeffrey Alexander, Ph.D., serving as a key instructor at IEDC’s pre-conference training course on workforce development, presented interactive sessions on “Understanding Occupa...
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“International Collaboration in Science and Technology”: A Training Workshop for Korean Researchers
For twenty participants from the Korean public sector and university research communities, SRI hosted and arranged a five-day workshop in February 2010 on “International Collaboration in Science...
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