An international workshop on capacity building for science and technology took place on 3-4 February 2005 in Amsterdam at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.  The workshop was co-sponsored by the IAC; International Development Research Center (IDRC, Canada); the Department for Research Cooperation of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA/SAREC); and the Science Initiative Group of the Millennium Science Initiative (MSI, USA). The purpose of this workshop was to lay the foundation for an action-oriented dialogue on the subject of S&T capacity building between members of the development community, decisionmakers, the scientific community, and the private sector.  As a result of this workshop, discussions are underway within several national and international organizations regarding ways to improve regional and global sharing of information about current and planned programs and resources for S&T and development.