What we do SciDev.Net is committed to putting science at the heart of global development. SciDev.Net's website is the world’s leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis on information about science and technology for global development. We engage primarily with development professionals, policymakers, researchers, the media and the informed public. SciDev.Net an independent news network operated by CAB International (CABI) - a not-for-profit organisation established under a United Nations treaty agreement and registered with the United Nations as an international treaty on 11th January 1988. Strategic objectives The purpose of our strategy for 2013–2017 is to encourage science and technological awareness in policies, programmes and projects that contribute to the wellbeing of the poor in the developing world. We hope to achieve this by facilitating access to information that is useful and trustworthy, as well as supporting the capacity to deliver and sustain this mainstreaming strategy.