1. Encourage innovation in disseminating the results of research and in turning them into new products and services that address local needs

• Nongovernmental organizations should support and undertake innovative programs to provide information to the public, including:
• Cooperative partnerships among local citizens and research institutions in sharing up-to-date information of local relevance;
• Empowerment of social entrepreneurs for supplying products and services significantly below market prices to people in need;
• 'Information kiosks,' either publicly funded or for-profit, to provide useful information obtained from the Internet.

2. Provide information to the public about S&T issues relevant to developing nations

• Nongovernmental organizations should provide information to the media and decisionmakers that identifies and protects the public-goods domain and allows for the public funding of public-goods research. The nongovernmental organizations should therefore help:
• Ensure that public priorities are addressed by public-private partnerships,
• Ensure that the benefits of publicly funded research are available to all,
• Promote open access to scientific databases.

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