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The following list include recommendations and suggestions contained in the contributions received from participants in the ESCWA Expert Group Meeting and enriched by the results of the discussions that took place. They are classified in categories referring to the parties that should be most actively involved and would be taking the lead in implementation. However, many of the recommendations will need to be addressed through collaborative action, hence the need for the national policy/strategy initiatives included in the recommendations to Governments. Issues raised by participants in the discussion and panel sessions were also taken into account in drafting the Meeting’s recommendations. In particular, attention was drawn to the fact that the recommendations include the endorsement of an ESCWA initiative aimed at promoting technology parks, incubators and high-technology clusters in the member countries. This initiative should lead to the development of technology-based institutional forms that have proven effective in enhancing S and T capacity-building (see recommendation F below).