THE MANIFESTO PROJECT
Forty years after The Sussex Manifesto helped shape modern thinking on science and technology for development, the STEPS Centre and its partners around the world are creating a new manifesto recommending new ways of linking science and innovation to development for a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future in an era of dynamic change.
The Multimedia Manifesto
The multimedia version of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto, is exactly the same text as the printed version but helps bring the issues raised to life with video, audio and other materials.
The material used is a mixture of video, audio and reports collected during the course of the manifesto project, including clips from some of the 20 roundtables that have been run in association with the project, as well as relevant resources drawn from the work of other people and organisations.
Some of these materials concur with the ideas put forward in the New Manifesto, whilst others put forward different perspectives. Our aim is to illustrate these differences and encourage debate and action around these issues into the future. To that end, we welcome any comments or examples of innovation for development, which you can send to us via email to steps-centre@ids.ac.uk for posting on this site. Or you can comment via our blog.
The multimedia manifesto is available on CD, which may be helpful for people with limited or no internet access. Those without access to the net will be able to view much of the video, audio and reports presented here as it is loaded on to the CD, while those with an internet connection will also be able to view the ‘additional online resources’.
Efforts have been made to ensure that those using older computer software or hardware will be able to view the materials.
» Read the Multimedia Manifesto online
» Download a copy of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto (pdf 1MB)
» Request a copy of the multimedia manifesto on CD
» Order a printed copy of the New Manifesto, cost £5.00 from the IDS bookshop
» Photos from the launch (link to Flickr)
MANIFESTO LAUNCH: 15 JUNE
The launch of Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto will take place in London on 15 June 2010. Register to attend or look at the programme here.
About the STEPS Centre
The ESRC STEPS Centre (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement hub uniting development studies with science and technology studies.
What is ‘Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto’?
In 1970 the publication of a radical and controversial document helped shape modern thinking on science and technology for development. It was called The Sussex Manifesto: Science and Technology to Developing Countries during the Second Development Decade.
Why is a New Manifesto needed now?
Standard policies link innovation, science and technology to development in ways that are not always the most sustainable and equitable solutions for the people they seek to help. As a result, they often fail to address the challenges of an uncertain, dynamic and rapidly changing world.
A new ‘3D’ agenda
Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto aims to challenge the mainstream models of science and technology for development that have become integral to government and international agency policy.
