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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 Commission

www.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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