Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Collaboration in OIC Countries
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https://doi.org/10.53555/ans.v2i3.106Keywords:
Science, Technology, Innovation, Collaboration,, OICAbstract
There is a grave need nowadays to increase institutional and international STI collaboration. Countries
are now seeking opportunities to work together not only to cut down the cost but most importantly to
learn from each other. This paper attempts to analyses current stance of STI collaboration among OIC
member states. First section will present a brief introduction, followed by the importance of STI
collaboration in the second section. The roles of several influential actors in shaping the direction of
STI cooperation in the Islamic world will be discussed in section 3. The next section talked about
recurring issues that hinder the progress of STI co-operation and broad recommendations to
reinvigorate scientific and technological collaboration among OIC will be proposed in the fifth section.
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