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110			_aCentre for Bhutan Studies
245			_aTowards global transformation : _bproceedings of the third international conference on Gross National Happiness /
260			_aThimphu : _bCentre for Bhutan Studies ; _c2008.
300			_aviii, 389 p. : _bill. ; _c22.5 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aInformation and knowledge play an increasingly important role in the implementation of public policies, in particular those of the Central and Eastern European Countries. They are involved in many respects in the elaboration of scientific programs. They are more and more present in the political decision making process and as topic for scientific conferences. They are often at the centre of international discussions on related topics, for example, differences in approaches to produce and apply knowledge or different responses to social function of information. A major lesson of these past years applies to democracy. Europeans demand more involvement in decisions that concern them. This demand goes weH beyond decision making. For public action to be acceptable and efficient, the whole process should become more democratic, from the defmition of the problems, to the implementation and the evaluation of solutions. In the context of conducting research on the consequences of scientific and technological advance, the Europäische Akademie Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in Germany and the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic organised a conference on the relationship between "democracy-participation-technology assessment" in February 1999. The objective of the workshop was to express and to the problems of transition "from exchange various viewpoints and attitudes information society to knowledge society. " The great response given to the international conference underlines the need not only for Central and Eastern European Countries to take into consideration more common projects like this for the future.
650			_aQuality of life _vCongresses. _z Bhutan
650			_a Buddhism _v Congresses _xSocial aspects _zBhutan.
650			_aBhutan _x Economic conditions _xCongresses.
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