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Devnet/Tips Introduction
 "Devnet,which was entrusted by the UNDP with the implementation and execution of the Technological and Trade Information Promotion System(TIPS),has played a significant role,both at the technical and practical levels,in the support of developing countries by promoting the exchange of technological,business and investment information and fostering this way their inclusion and participation in the regional and international economies" -----------Boutros Boutros-Ghali(former UN General Secretary) In 1985, in accordance with the UNFSTD PROJECT INT/83-T01 document, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Fund for Science and Technology for Development (UNFSTD)jointly established UN Technological Information Promotion System (UNTIPS) a global technological,economic, trade information system aiming at promotion of trade, technology transfer and business cooperation between developed nations and developing countries and among developing countries.TIPS International Operation Center is located in Rome,Italy.TIPS also has regional centers in Asia, Europe, Latin America and sub regional centers in Central America. More than 100 countries are connected via TIPS. For a better implementation of TIPS, in conformity with the approval of UNDP, TIPS intergover- nmental managerial committees set up International Development Information Network Association (DEVNET).DEVNET is a UN non-profit, non-governmental organization officially registered in 1989 in Rome (Italy) to undertake the multilateral international collaborative project. Being an executing agency of UNDP, DEVNET is responsible for coordination between TIPS international organs as well as operation management of the system. In 1995, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) granted DEVNET with permanent consultative status(Category I). In accordance with the requirements of TIPS Headquarters, national branches of TIPS member countries established relevant DEVNET national bureaus in their countries.
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