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National
Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO organized National Conference
on Introduction to Bioethics and Republican Seminar on Bioethics in
Moldova: Achievements and Perspectives
Chisinau, 10-11 November 2005
National Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO organized National
Conference on Introduction to Bioethics and Republican Seminar on Bioethics
in the Republic of Moldova: Achievements and Perspectives. Both events
were held in the frame of the project Assistance in the Development and
Dissemination of the Knowledge in the Field of Bioethics in the Republic
of Moldova.
More than 120 participants representing the Government of Moldova, Academy
of Sciences of RM, Ministry of Health of RM, Ministry of Education of RM,
State University of Medicine and Pharmacology N. Testimeteanu, Institute
of Pedagogical Sciences of RM, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
of RM, Technical University of Moldova, Moldavian State University, Academy
of Police of RM, Highest Anthropological School, Pedagogical University
of RM, Medical Colleges from Balti and Ungheni, international organizations
UNESCO Moscow Office; NGOs took part in these events. Seminars were attended
by directors and teachers of schools and liceis from all rayons of Moldova,
doctors, philosophists, students, representatives of mass-media.
Constantin
Rusnac, General Secretary of National Commission of the Republic of Moldova
for UNESCO Doctor in economy, Sergey Smirnov, Assistant of the Director
of UNESCO Moscow Office, Luminita Corbu-Drumea, PhD, expert in sciences
NC RM UNESCO .
Welcome speech was made by prof. Constantin Rusnac, General Secretary of
National Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO. He told that
UNESCO pays great attention to the bioethical issues, taking into account
its strong importance for further global development. Doctor in economy,
Sergey Smirnov, Assistant of the Director of UNESCO Moscow Office presented
main activities of the UNESCO Moscow Office in the field of social sciences,
with special attention to the bioethical issues, the role of knowledge
in the field of bioethics in modern educational programs.
Doctor
in economy, Sergey Smirnov, Assistant of the Director of UNESCO Moscow
Office
A number of important issues were discussed on the conference and seminar:
role and place of bioethics in modern educational processes; problems of
surviving from the bioethical approach; ecological aspects of bioethics,
bioethics and practical medicine, bioethics and human rights.
Financial support for such conference and seminar was provided by UNESCO
Moscow Office for Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova,
Russian Federation and UNESCO Office in Paris. Partners of the National
Commission of the Republic of Moldova in the organization of these events
were State University of Medicine and Pharmacology N. Tistemeteanu, Institute
of Pedagogical Sciences of Moldova, NGOs: National Center for Bioethics
in RM and Center Intercultural Dialog.
Participants of the conference and seminar received folders with
the informational and illustrative materials and book of prof T. Tirdea
on Elements of Bioethics, edited in the frame of the project and destinated
for gratis distribution in Moldova with the goal of popularization of the
bioethics knowledge among population in Moldova.
Book
Elements of Bioethics
THE
DIRECTOR-GENERAL PAYS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MOLDOVA (17-19
MAY 2005)
From
17 to 19 May 2005, Koichiro Matsuura, the Director-General of UNESCO, paid
his first official visit to the Republic of Moldova. During his stay,
Mr Matsuura held talks with Mr Vladimir Voronin, President of the Republic;
Mr Vasile Tarlev, Prime Minister; Mr Valerian Cristea, Deputy Prime Minister
responsible for Education and Culture; Mr Andrei Stratan, Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration; Mr
Artur Cozma, Minister of Culture and Tourism; and Mr Victor Tvircun, Minister
of Education, Youth and Sports; as well as with Mr Bruno Pouezat, UNDP
Resident Representative and UN Coordinator in Moldova. Ambassador Andrei
Neguta, Permanent Delegate of Moldova to UNESCO, accompanied the Director-General
throughout this visit.
UNESCO,
in cooperation with UNICEF and UNDP, has assisted the authorities of Moldova
in the preparation of the EFA National Strategy and National Action Plan
aiming to identify and prioritise the countrys education needs and better
define target areas for development policies in regard to EFA. The Director-General
expressed his satisfaction about the recent inclusion of Moldova among
the countries of the World Bank-led Fast Track Initiative for 2005, which
will facilitate obtaining donor funding for the countrys education needs.
Mr Matsuura said that apart from UNESCOs Office in Moscow, UNESCO will
henceforth extend its assistance to Moldova through its European Centre
for Higher Education (CEPES) in Bucharest.
Mr
Matsuura informed the authorities of his intention to strengthen UNESCOs
cooperation with Moldova in the field of culture, mobilizing UNESCOs Office
in Venice in addition to UNESCOs Moscow Office, in particular as concerns
the preparation of candidatures for inclusion to the World Heritage List.
The Director-General highlighted the importance of cultural heritage in
the development of cultural tourism and underscored the need to raise awareness,
especially among young people, about the necessity of protecting heritage.
Finally,
the Director-General encouraged the authorities of Moldova to participate
in the Organizations activities in the region of South-East Europe. He
referred to the conference of Ministers of Culture of South-East Europe
to be organized in Venice in November 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Cultural
Heritage.
Before
leaving Moldova, the Director-General visited the site of Orheiul Vechi,
the Monastery of Kapriana and the wine growing complex of Cricova.
National
Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO launched the National
Center on Bioethics in the Republic of Moldova
Chisinau,
12 April 2005 National Commission of the Republic of Moldova
for UNESCO launched the National Center on Bioethics in the frame of the
project: The Promotion of Bioethics Knowledge in the Republic of Moldova.
There were 107 invited
persons on the launching ceremony, representing the Government of the Republic
of Moldova, Ministry of Health of RM, National Committee on Assuarence
of RM, Ministry of Education of RM, Ministry of Ecology and National Resources
of RM, State University of Medicine and Pharmacology N. Testemiteanu,
Moldavian State University, Moldavian State Agricultural University, Moldavian
Technical University; International Organization with offices in the Republic
of Moldova: UNICEF, Helsinki Fund, Soros Foundation, World Health Organization;
NGOs. Meeting was also attende by the Directors of Republican and municipal
hospitals, doctors, filosofians, lawyers, students, mass-media.
Welcome speech was presented
by Professor Constantin Rusnac, General Secretary of the National Commission
of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO who stressed attention paid
by UNESCO to the bioethics issues, taking into account its great actuality
for future development of human civilization.
The National Center on
Bioethics has the next tasks: (a) promotion the knowledge of bioethics,
based on international and national experience; (b) promotion rising of
the quality of education in the field of bioethics; (c) promotion of the
permanent access to the scientific materials in the field of bioethics;
(d) promotion exchange of the experience in the field of bioethics on national
and regional levels; (e) promotion of dessimination of knowledge in the
field of bioethics for different target groups of experts, doctors, researches,
laywers, teachers, mass-media, members of the Parliament, NGOs, etc.
UNESCO Moscow Office
for Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and the Russian
Federation has provided financial support for the development of the project.
The partners of the National Commission of the Republic of Moldova for
UNESCO were the Internet Access and Training Programme of the US State
Depurtment in the Republic of Moldova, the State University of Medicine
and Pharmacology N. Testemiteanu and the Center Intercultural Dialogue.
Participants of the meeting
recieved informational materials and posters on the bioethics issues. National
Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO supplied the National
Center on Bioethics with equipment for activities in the frame of
the project.
Next stage of the project
will be the development of the web-site concerning bioethics issues, preparing
for edition, publishing and free of charge dessimination of popular version
of the book, where bioethics issues related to environment, ecology, medicine
aspects, human rights will be presented.
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Members
of the National Center of Bioethics of the Republic of Moldova. In the
center - Luminitsa Corbu-Drumea, Ph.D, Expert in Social, Human and Natural
Sciences of the National Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO;
manager of the project, Constantin Rusnac, Secretary General of the National
Commission of the Republic of Moldova for UNESCO, Prof., Dr.H.C., Theodore
N. Cirdea, director of National Center of Bioethics, Head of the Department
of Philosophy and Bioethics of the USMF Nicolae Testemitsanu
PUBLICATION
OF THE MANUAL INTERNATIONAL AND MOLDAVIAN MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ROMANIAN LANGUAGE.
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2005-04-07
(Chisinau, Moldova)
In
2005 in the framework of Social and Human Sciences Programme UNESCO the
Moscow Office supported the project of the National Commission of the Republic
of Moldova for UNESCO on issuing in Romanian language of an electronic
version of the publication International and Moldavian mechanisms for
the protection of human rights.more...
REGIONAL
EXPERTS CONSULTATIONS ON THE COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT IN A SPHERE OF ETHICS
AND BIOETHICS IN CIS AND BALTIC STATES
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2005-03-11
(Minsk, Belarus)
On
March 10-11, 2005 Regional experts consultations on the cooperation development
in a sphere of ethics and bioethics took place in Minsk (Belarus). The
meeting was organized by National Commission for UNESCO of the Belarus
Republic, Forum of Committees on Ethics of the CIS, the Institute of Genetics
and Cytology of BAS, the Institute of philosophy of RAS and Moscow UNESCO
Office. Specialists on ethics and bioethics from CIS and Baltic States,
UNESCO Headquarters and UNESCO Moscow Office took part in the Consultations.
more...
10-11
March 2005, Minsk, Belarus->more...
FINAL DOCUMENT
on the results of
Regional Expert Consultations
on networking
in the sphere of ethics and bioethics
(in CIS and Baltic
states)
10-11 March 2005,
Minsk, Belarus
In all scientific fields,
ethical reflection and debate have been stepped up everywhere in recent
years in view of the issues raised by scientific progress and technological
development. Identification, analysis of and searching solutions for these
problems require application of universal ethical principles and norms
based on shared humanitarian values. In practice this process involves
undertaking relevant measures on the identification of emerging challenges
in science and technology, involvement of decision-makers and the realization
of educational and awareness-raising programmes. In this regard there is
a need in the development of regional cooperation, exchange of experience,
methodologies and research results, especially since a growing international
dimension of ethical and bioethical issues highlights the necessity of
effective coordination among multiple stakeholders.
Taking into account the
topicality of these challenges, a meeting of experts was held in Minsk,
organized by the UNESCO Moscow Office for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation, Belarus National
Commission for UNESCO, Forum of Ethics Committees of CIS states (FECCIS),
Institute of Genetics and Cytology of Belarus National Academy of Sciences,
and Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The participants of the
meeting, who gathered in Minsk to discuss ways of development of regional
cooperation in the sphere of ethics and bioethics,
Representing CIS and
Baltic states (Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania,
the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Ukraine), UNESCO Headquarters
and UNESCO Moscow Office,
Sharing the opinion,
that commitment to universal ethical norms and principles is a pre-requisite
for the protection of human rights and dignity in the era of rapid progress
in science and technology and expanding scales of use of their results
in various spheres of human and social life,
Aiming at the implementation
of the Universal Declaration on Human Genome and Human Rights, International
Declaration on Human Genetic Data and other international documents in
this sphere,
Recognizing and taking
into account the accumulated international experience in identifying, analysing
and addressing ethical challenges in science and technology,
Recognizing the necessity
to improve the quality of education, to expand access to existing information
resources and to encourage communication among experts in the sphere of
ethics of science and technology and bioethics,
Emphasizing the necessity
to develop and apply into practice educational programmes, approaches and
methodologies, which provide for the awareness-raising and deeper insight
both among specialists and the most diverse social circles into basic ethical
problems emerging as a result of the development of life sciences, progress
in healthcare, and practical application of relevant knowledge,
Considering capacity-building
of national bodies, which deal with ethical issues, as a pre-requisite
for the implementation of ethical norms aimed at the protection of human
rights and dignity in the sphere of biomedicine,
Recognizing the significance
of international cooperation and potential capacities of the countries
of the region in the development and practical application of universal
ethical principles and norms,
Recognizing high scientific
potential and taking into account specific ethical traditions peculiar
to the countries of the region,
Summarizing the results
of the consultations, adopted the following decisions:
to continue holding
regular meetings in the countries of the region at international, regional
and national levels with participation of experts in ethics of science
and technology and bioethics;
to recommend national
governments and parliaments, relevant ministries and institutions, public
organizations and trade unions to support national initiatives, in particular
those related to the development of educational programmes on ethics, as
well as the establishment and activities of ethics and bioethics committees,
with respect to national and international experience;
to consider it advisable
to elaborate and further apply educational programme modules in accordance
with regional needs in the sphere of differentiated ethical education and
awareness-raising among various social groups including decision-makers
and those responsible for conducting ethical expertise of scientific projects,
practicians, social workers, social services consumers, researchers, teachers,
students, etc.;
to utilize and multiply
cumulative intellectual and information resources including those available
in the framework of existing mechanisms of international and regional cooperation,
such as UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory, Information and Educational Centre
for Bioethics in Vilnius, Forum of Ethics Committees of CIS states, and
to initiate a project aimed at the establishment and support of a Discussion
Forum on bioethics;
to initiate and support
the project aimed at identifying, studying and addressing ethical problems
related to the collection, storage and use of genetic data in the countries
of the region, taking into account the norms and principles of UNESCO International
Declaration on Human Genetic Data;
to consider necessary
and to support cooperation on issues related to ethics of science and bioethics
with international organizations, such as UNESCO, World Health Organization,
the Council of Europe, the European Commission, World Medical Association,
European Forum for Good Clinical Practice, etc.;
to address CIS executive
bodies, the countries of the region and relevant national organizations
and institutions inviting them to interaction and cooperation in the sphere
of ethics of science and technology and bioethics;
to apply to the Division
of Ethics of Science and Technology of UNESCO Social and Human Sciences
Sector requesting to provide on a regular basis related information through
national commissions for UNESCO, national ethics and bioethics committees
and FECCIS;
to apply to UNESCO
with a request to consider the possibility of granting support to the regional
project with the participation of FECCIS, which is aimed at summarizing
experience in the development of ethical expertise of biomedical research
in the region with respect to their cultural and historical specifics;
to support initiatives
of interdisciplinary projects in such fields as ethics of science and technology,
environmental ethics, bioethics, human rights, social responsibility, legal
and ethical aspects of the most topical issues, such as HIV/AIDS, patients
rights, reproductive health, etc.;
to express their gratitude
to the organizers UNESCO Secretariat, UNESCO Moscow Office, FECCIS, Belarus
National Commission for UNESCO, Institute of Genetics and Cytology of BAS,
Institute of Philosophy of RAS for the organization of consultations;
to apply to the UNESCO
Moscow Office with a request to finalize this document jointly with the
co-organizers of the meeting, to disseminate it among the participants
and agree on the text, and to forward the text in Russian and English languages
to relevant national organizations and UNESCO Headquarters.
Minsk, 11 March 2005
National Commission
of the Republic of Moldova
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