Observatories

There are a number of websites that describe themselves as "observatories", and deal with issues of science and technology. They are generally portals that contain many resources relevant to their topic of choice. Here are the ones I could find:

UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society
This portal also has links to Regional Observatories:

- Africa
- Arab States
- Asia/Pacific
- Latin America/Caribbean
- Portuguese Speaking Countries

The European Science and Technology Observatory (ESTO)

European Information Society Observatory

Netherlands Observatory of Science and Technology (NOWT)

The International Network for SMEs

The European Observatory of SMEs

The Canadian Observatory of Science and Technology

L’Observatoire des sciences et des techniques - (OST, French)

Osservatorio Filias (Italy)

Observatório da Ciência e do Ensino Superior (OCES, Portugal)

Observatorio Tecnologico Textil-confecciòn, textiles, técnicos (Spain)

Observatoire des Micro et Nanotechnologies (French)

European Observatory of Biotechnology

Anglo-German Biotech Observatory

L’Observatoire de la génétique

The Media-Educ Observatory