RECSAM 50th Anniversary Coffee Table Book

20 representatives. The purpose was to provide the right information in implementing suitable science, mathematics and technology education materials. RECSAM was mindful of its role in community outreach work that helped foster unity and allowed its family and participants tobeawareof howtheirwork could go a long way in improving lives. The Community-Based Human Resource Development Project was undertaken in Mulong-Lating in Kelantan, Malaysia in 1998 jointly coordinated by SEAMEO and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The workshop on "Scienti fi c and Technological Literacy (STL) for All" was a collaborative venture between UNESCO-ICASE and SEAMEO RECSAM held from 10 to 15 May 1999. It was conducted by Dr. Jack Holbrook (Executive Secterary, ICASE), Mr. Orlando Rose Hall (UNESCO, Paris) and Mrs. Lucille C. Gregorio, Specialist, Science and Technology Education (UNESCO, Bangkok) and assisted by Dr. Ab. Rahim bin Selamat (Centre Director, RECSAM) and Mr. Ong Eng Tek (Science Specialist, RECSAM). Science Across the World (SAW) is the international education programme providing a forum for students aged 12 to 17 years to exchange facts and opinions with other countries, through a unique series of compact resource topics on environmental and social science issues in 18 languages. SAW is an exemplary international web-based programme which promotes project-based learning; initiated in 1990 by the Association of Science Education (ASE) of the United Kingdom (UK) under the sponsorship of British Petroleum(BP). Since the year 2000, the SAW programme was developed and managed by the ASE in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the