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Education in Chemistry and Industry

The importance of industry involvement in IUPAC affairs is increasingly recognised. Also outside IUPAC links between industry and education have strengthened and diversified. The potential benefits of cooperation are generally accepted but few know how to realise them in their own contexts. The nature of chemical industry varies from region to region. Similarly educational needs vary regionally. Awareness of the role of the chemical and allied industry in sustainable development needs to be widely disseminated in developing countries and linked with entrepreneurial and career information. Industry-education initiatives are rather well developed in a few countries and CTC can help disseminate the experiences gained in these to other countries. This is to be done in cooperation with COCI and regional and national chemical industry associations. Regional workshops and conferences with both local and international participation will be organised. In this way a more favourable international public attitude toward chemical industry may be developed.

The Second International Conference on Industry-Education Initiatives in Chemistry was held in Sao Paulo in December 1997.

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