Dr. Nazar M. Hassan (b. 1964; Sudan) has been the Senior Science and Technology Advisor for the Arab States at UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences since 2009, where he has initiated several STI networks to build up the region’s techno-preneurship culture. Dr. Hassan has substantive expertise in economic research and policy dialogue updating the STI policies for several developing countries and supporting their efforts toward sustainable development. Previously, he worked as Lead Economist in sustainable energy at the United Nations Economic Commission for Western Asia, and as a senior researcher in systems optimization at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States between 1992 and 2003. Dr. Hassan has a number of published refereed papers and reports in the area of strategic management and STI for Sustainable Development. Dr. Hassan received his Masters and PhD degrees in Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. In a few words, Mr. Hassan is an engineer by profession, a scientist, and an inventor with a strong aptitude for global problems solving.