{President Paul Kagame has commended The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) for its role in promoting science as well as its scientific cooperation with the developing world.
}
Kagame was speaking today in Italy at the ceremony of 50th Anniversary of ICTP.
Founded in 1964 by the late Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, ICTP seeks to accomplish its mandate by providing scientists from developing countries with the continuing education and skills that they need to enjoy long and productive careers. ICTP has been a major force in stemming the scientific brain drain from the developing world.
Kagame said for 50 years, ICTP has been at the forefront of scientific cooperation with the developing world
“Tools pioneered at ICTP aimed to combat “brain drain” by bringing young scientists into top research networks. This made ICTP graduates better able to build scientific communities in their home countries “He said.
President Kagame noted that ICTP saw importance of using science to speed up social and economic transformation in the developing world.
He says “It takes scientists to study and understand more deeply science but it takes all of us to know and understand its importance”
Kagame commended ICTP saying “I applaud a new research programme recently inaugurated at ICTP, on Energy and Sustainability”
He further added that “Research on green energy offers great promise of breaking the current political stalemate on climate change; Scientific discoveries are already closing the gap between renewable energy and fossil fuels, in terms of cost”
With continued effort, Kagame says “We will no longer face a choice between the environment and economic growth”
{{Rwanda, ICTP and Science}}
He said in Rwanda “we put science at the centre of our national development strategy starting from 1997
“It was clear Rwanda’s pathway to prosperity lay in investing in the productive capabilities of our people, he says
Kagame told the audience that Rwanda’s tragic history had nearly “robbed us of dignity and the work of national renewal sought to restore it “, so “Connecting young Rwandans to the scientific mindset makes them effective workers and better citizens”
{{Values that animates scientific inquiry and those that animate Rwanda’s struggle}}
President Kagame says ICTP’s establishment of its East African regional centre in Rwanda is of great practical and symbolic importance
He assures that Rwanda “looks forward to working together to make this venture a success.
You can count on Rwanda’s strong support, he added
Commenting on scientific values, Kagame says “The values that animate scientific inquiry are the same as those that animate our struggle in Rwanda” citing the shared values of reason, truth and hunger for practical results.
{{angedelavictoire@igihe.com}}
Leave a Reply