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DAR ES SALAAM -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has termed the Tanzanian government and other stakeholders's political will and commitment as a must for successful implementation of Tanzania's Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) reforms, the local newspaper the Guardian reported on Saturday.

UNESCO Director and country representative Vibeke Jensen made the remarks on Friday in Bagamoyo in eastern Tanzania while addressing participants at a two-day workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) programming and budgeting for development in Tanzania, the report said.

Jensen, who is also UNESCO director and representative for Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles, expressed the belief that equally important is the existence and use of appropriate programming and budgeting procedures and systems for STI activities.

She said the reality is that the growth of the STI sector and its efficient integration or mainstreaming in economic and social development require both good programming and allocation of adequate financial and other resources such as time and human resources.

She added that efficient and effective programming and budgeting is thus absolutely fundamental to the growth of STI - today, and the years ahead.

The desire and commitment of the government of Tanzania to ensure that STI resources impact significantly and positively on the country's wealth creation is well targeted, according to Jensen, who noted that increased and equally shared prosperity among the Tanzanian population would to a large extent depend on the degree to which the country mobilized and optimized the use of STI resources for wealth creation.