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Line 2: {{Infobox newspaper\|logo = \|founder = David Dickson\|website = {{url\|www.scidev.net}}\|foundation = 2001\|type = Online Media Outlet}} '''SciDev.Net''', short for Science Development Network, is an online source of news and analysis about science and technology in the context of global development. It aims to help individuals and organisations apply science to decision-making in order to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction. <ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.scidev.net/global/content/about-us.html</ref> ==History== The organisation was founded in 2001<ref name="auto"/> in response to the significant gap in scientific knowledge between rich and poor countries and with the understanding that “those who stand to benefit the most from modern science and technology are also those with the least access to information about it."<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html \|title=Science and Development Network: International Development Research Centre \|accessdate=2010-08-13 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214512/http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html \|archivedate=2011-06-08 }}</ref> SciDev.Net seeks to redress this imbalance via its free-to-access website, regional networks, and specialist workshops.▼ SciDev.Net was founded in 2001 by David Dickson as a science news service for developing countries. It originated from a project set up by news staff at the journal Nature (with financial assistance from the Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom) to report on the World Conference on Science, in Budapest, in 1999.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.scidev.net/global/content/about-us.html</ref> ▲~~The organisation~~It was ~~founded in 2001<ref name="auto"/>~~established in response to the significant gap in scientific knowledge between rich and poor countries and with the understanding that “those who stand to benefit the most from modern science and technology are also those with the least access to information about it." <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html \|title=Science and Development Network: International Development Research Centre \|accessdate=2010-08-13 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608214512/http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-29488-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html \|archivedate=2011-06-08 }}</ref> SciDev.Net seeks to redress this imbalance via its free-to-access website, regional networks, and ~~specialist~~science communications ~~workshops~~training. SciDev.Net aims to help individuals and organisations apply evidence and insights from science and technology to decision-making in order to have a positive impact on equitable and sustainable development and poverty reduction. The global edition is based in London, and there are six regional desks based in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish), the Middle East and North and West Africa (Arabic), South Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa (English and French). ~~SciDev.Net is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity in England and Wales (registered charity number 1089590).~~ ==Website==

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