Weblinks
European Federation of Biotechnology
The European Federation of Biotechnology is the non-profit association of all national and cross-national Learned Societies, Universities, Institutes, Companies and Individuals interested in the promotion of Biotechnology throughout Europe and beyond.
www.efb-central.org
The European Commissionwww.europa.eu.int
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
Programme (EDCTP) European and Developing Countries Clinical
Trials Partnership Programme (EDCTP) The EDCTP is a partnership
between European and Developing Countries to enable clinical trials
for drugs and vaccines against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
EDTCP
webpage Directorate General Development
DG Development mandate is to enhance the development policies in all developing
countries world-wide. DG Development provides policy guidance on
development policy and oversees the programming of aid in the ACP
countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) and the Overseas Countries
and Territories (OCT). The Cotonou Agreement provides the framework
for a 20-year partnership for development aid to the 77 ACP countries,
funded mainly by the European Development Fund.
DG Development
Life Science & Biotechnology: A strategic vision
www.europa.eu.int/comm/biotechnology
Conference "Towards sustainable agriculture for developing countries:
options from life sciences and biotechnologies", 30-31 January 2003, Brussels
This website explains how life sciences and biotechnologies could
help achieve sustainable agriculture in developing countries. It
also provides useful background information, links and proceedings
form the conference.
Homepage SADC
DG Research - Ten Years of EC scientific cooperation for the transition towards
sustainability
Web version of a Research DG publication which marks
ten years of international scientific and technological cooperation
in support of sustainable and equitable development. The publication
is divided into four areas: healthy societies, land ecosystems,
aquatic ecosystems, people and institutions.
DG Research -10 years
OECD Biotechnology OECD's Internal Co-ordination Group for Biotechnology facilitates
co-operation between the various OECD activities. It produces a
newsletter, Biotechnology Update, which summarises developments
at OECD, gives notice of upcoming meetings, and identifies key contact
points.
OECD biotechnology
OECD Biotechnology update (newsletter)
Biotechnology update
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Created in 1971, the Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an association
of public and private members supporting a system of 16 Future Harvest
Centers that work in more than 100 countries to mobilize cutting-edge
science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and
health, and protect the environment.
www.cgiar.org
International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology The ICGEB is an international organization dedicated
to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology,
with special regard to the needs of the developing world.
ICGEB Homepage
UNIDO Global Biotechnology Forum- 2-5 March 2004, Concepcíon, Chile This major international event will bring together representatives
of the scientific community, economic life and general public as well
as high-level decision makers to examine biotechnological opportunities
and challenges in the developing world.
UNIDO GBF
Education Material Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger an international classroom for exploring the problems
of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. Created by the FAO, it provides different
level of teaching materials in several languages to better understand the problem of malnutration and
reflect on what could be done to solve this problem.
www.feedingminds.org
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