The MTN Sciencentre has been invited to participate in the Non-Aligned Movement's fifth international workshop on enhancing change through science centres, in Gauteng in February 2008.The Non-Aligned Movement grew out of the Cold War hostilities between the then Soviet Union (now Russia) and the USA. (thanks to Wikipedia for the map above - light blue countries have observer status, dark blue represents NAMers).
As ideological differences between communism and capitalism created a polarised ''you're either with us or you're against us'' mentality, NAM was formed in the 1950s to create a neutral breathing space for many countries which were too poor or too independent to get caught up in the confrontation.
With 118 nations as members, about half the world's population falls under the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned Movement and other developing countries, based in New Delhi in India, has been organising such workshops since their first was held in Kolkata in India in 2002.
One workshop was held in Bogotá, Colombia with the assistance of the Maloka Science Centre in 2004. Another was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in 2004, and one was held last year in Lusaka, Zambia in partnership with the National Science Centre of Zambia.
Somehow, Boksburg - the venue for the three-day workshop in February - doesn't sound nearly as exotic, does it?
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