Knowledge Society Sample Clauses

Knowledge Society. The Government will publish a Knowledge Society Action Plan during 2006. This will build upon the advances made and the outcomes achieved by the two previous national Action Plans while recognising the greater ubiquity of technology , the need to use technology as a tool in the drive towards Knowledge Economy activities and the need to provide for greater inclusiveness. It will be in line with the EU i2010 Initiative, ‘An European Information Society for Growth and Employment’, and will provide for the continued exploitation of ICTs by all; including government, businesses, public sector, community and voluntary sector. It will include specific actions on awareness of , access to, and application and greater exploitation of ICTs with a view to stimulating and encouraging greater engagement with and participation in the Knowledge Society. Its commitments to addressing the digital divide, eInclusion, are set out under the key life cycle phases in Chapter 3. Following on from the work of the Information Society Commission, the Knowledge Society Foresight Initiative, focusing on Ireland's advancement to the innovation- driven stage of socio-economic development, will be pursued by the National Economic and Social Development Office.
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Knowledge Society. Schön (1983); Xxxxx (1994); UNESCO (2005); Xxxxxxx (1995, 2006)
Knowledge Society. With Xxxx’x remark on the domination of theory in a Post-industrial society we enter the domain of a ‘knowledge society’. An attempt to differentiate between knowledge and information societies is explicitly present in an influential 2005 UNESCO-document entitled Towards Knowledge Societies. There it is stated that “the idea of the information society is based on technological breakthroughs”, whereas, “the concept of knowledge societies encompasses much broader social, ethical and political dimensions […] Various forms of knowledge and culture always enter into the building of any society, including those strongly influenced by scientific progress and modern technology. It would be inadmissible to envisage the information and communication revolution leading – through a narrow, fatalistic technological determinism – to a single possible form of society” (UNESCO, 2005, p. 17). Further in the document we find an even sharper delineation and hierarchy of terms: Knowledge societies are not limited to the information society. The rise of a global information society spawned by the new technology revolution must not overshadow the fact that it is valuable only as a means to achieve genuine knowledge societies. The growth of networks alone will not be able to lay the groundwork for the knowledge society. While information is a knowledge-generating tool, it is not knowledge itself. Emerging from the desire to exchange knowledge by making its transmission more efficient, information remains a fixed stabilized form of knowledge. (UNESCO, 2005, p. 19) It is clear from this text that Xxxxxxx’s initial, unitary approach with regard to information and knowledge is overruled here. Information is now considered to be a means to an end, it is a knowledge- generating tool that lives primarily by its capacity to exchange and transmit. But information is not an innocent and neutral commodity for exchange and transmission, it holds a strong controlling and authoritative power that needs restraining and subjecting to human judgement and interpretation:

Related to Knowledge Society

  • Knowledge Whenever a representation or warranty or other statement in this Agreement (including, without limitation, Schedule I hereto) is made with respect to a Person's "knowledge," such statement refers to such Person's employees or agents who were or are responsible for or involved with the indicated matter and have actual knowledge of the matter in question.

  • Knowledge and Experience The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and of protecting its interests in connection with an acquisition of the Securities.

  • Knowledge; Discretion All references herein to a Purchaser’s or the Company’s knowledge shall be deemed to mean the knowledge of such party based on the actual knowledge of such party’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer or such other persons holding equivalent offices. Unless specified to the contrary herein, all references herein to an exercise of discretion or judgment by a Purchaser, to the making of a determination or designation by a Purchaser, to the application of a Purchaser’s discretion or opinion, to the granting or withholding of a Purchaser’s consent or approval, to the consideration of whether a matter or thing is satisfactory or acceptable to a Purchaser, or otherwise involving the decision making of a Purchaser, shall be deemed to mean that such Purchaser shall decide using the reasonable discretion or judgment of a prudent lender.

  • Full Knowledge By their signatures, the parties acknowledge that they have carefully read and fully understand the terms and conditions of this Agreement, that each party has had the benefit of counsel, or has been advised to obtain counsel, and that each party has freely agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

  • Knowledge Transfer 7.1 Three (3) months prior to the Expiry Date of the Agreement (or where the Agreement is terminated within the timescale notified by the Department) the Provider will upon request: 7.1.1 provide for transfer to the Department and/or the Successor Provider of all knowledge reasonably required for the provision of the Services which may, as appropriate, include information, records and documents including that relating to configuration of software; and 7.1.2 provide the Department and/or Successor Provider with reasonable access to such members of the Provider's or its Sub- Contractors' personnel as have been involved in the development, provision or management of the Services and who are still employed or engaged by the Provider or its Sub- Contractors. 7.2 To facilitate the transfer of knowledge from the Provider to the Department and/or its Successor Provider, the Provider will provide, upon request, a detailed written explanation of the procedures and operations used to provide the Services, the change management process and other standards and procedures to the operations personnel of the Department and/or the Successor Provider. 7.3 The information which the Provider will provide, at its own cost, to the Department and/or its Successor Provider pursuant to Paragraph 7.1 above will include: 7.3.1 copies of up-to-date procedures and manuals; 7.3.2 agreements with third party suppliers of goods and services which are to be transferred to the Department/Successor Provider; 7.3.3 key support contact details for third party supplier personnel under Agreements which are to be assigned or novated to the Department/Successor Provider pursuant to this Schedule 8 (Exit Arrangements); 7.3.4 any relevant interface information.

  • Complaints Investigation The employee who complains of harassment under the provisions of the Human Rights Code must first comply with the Employer’s harassment policy procedures before filing a grievance or human rights complaint.

  • Geotechnical Investigation Perform in accordance with the City Design Manual and other City requirements as designated in writing by the Director.

  • Purchaser’s Knowledge The Purchaser has sufficient knowledge, understanding, and experience, either independently or together with his, her or its purchaser representative(s), in financial and business matters, and of the functionality, usage, storage, transmission mechanisms, and other material characteristics of cryptographic tokens, token wallets and other token storage mechanisms, public and private key management, blockchain technology, and blockchain-based software systems, to understand the terms of this Purchase Agreement and the Offering Materials, and such knowledge, understanding, and experience enables the Purchaser to evaluate the merits and risks of purchasing the Tokens.

  • Preparation; Reasonable Investigation In connection with the ------------------------------------- preparation and filing of each registration statement under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will give the holders of Registrable Securities registered under such registration statement, their underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel and accountants, the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration statement, each prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and will give each of them such access to its books and records and such opportunities to discuss the business of the Company with its officers and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the opinion of such holders' and such underwriters' respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act.

  • Environmental Investigation (a) Heritage shall engage an environmental consultant acceptable to Acquiror to conduct a preliminary ("Phase I") environmental assessment of each of the parcels of real estate used in the operation of the businesses of Heritage and any Heritage Subsidiary and any other real estate owned by Heritage or a Heritage Subsidiary (other than single family residences). The fees and expenses of the consultant with respect to the Phase I assessments shall be shared equally by Acquiror and Heritage. The consultant shall complete and deliver the Phase I assessments not later than 60 days after the date of this Agreement. If any environmental conditions are found, suspected, or would tend to be indicated by the report of the consultant which may be contrary to the representations and warranties of Heritage set forth herein without regard to any exceptions that may be contained in Heritage's Schedules, then the parties shall obtain from one or more mutually acceptable consultants or contractors, as appropriate, an estimate of the cost of any further environmental investigation, sampling, analysis, remediation or other follow-up work that may be necessary to address those conditions in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. (b) Upon receipt of the estimate of the costs of all follow-up work to the Phase I assessments or any subsequent investigation phases that may be conducted, the parties shall attempt to agree upon a course of action for further investigation and remediation of any environmental condition suspected, found to exist, or that would tend to be indicated by the report of the consultant. All post-Phase I investigations or assessments (the cost of which shall be paid by Heritage), all work plans for any post-Phase I assessments or remediation, and any removal or remediation actions that may be performed, shall be mutually satisfactory to Acquiror and Heritage. If such work plans or removal or remediation actions would cost more than $3,000,000 (individually or in the aggregate on a tax affected basis) to complete, Acquiror and Heritage shall discuss a mutually acceptable modification of this Agreement. Acquiror and Heritage shall cooperate in the review, approval and implementation of all work plans. (c) If the parties are unable to agree upon a course of action for further investigation and remediation of an environmental condition or issue raised by an environmental assessment and/or a mutually acceptable modification to this Agreement, and the condition or issue is not one for which it can be determined to a reasonable degree of certainty that the risk and expense to which the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries would be subject as owner of the property involved can be quantified, in good faith, and limited to an amount less than $3,000,000 (on a tax affected basis), then Acquiror may terminate this Agreement by the earlier to occur of (i) 120 days after the receipt of the Phase I assessments, or (ii) the receipt of all consents and approvals of government regulatory authorities as legally required to consummate the Merger and the expiration of all statutory waiting periods.

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