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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
African Union and AfricaRice sign MoU to promote Africa’s rice sector
In recognition of the growing importance of rice as a strategic crop for Africa’s food security and poverty reduction, the African Union Commission and the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant awarded to UNESCO-IHE and partners
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and partners were awarded a US$8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will be used to excel postgraduate sanitation education and research with a focus on solutions for the urban…
A new approach to science and technology cooperation between Africa and Europe wins African approval
Pretoria, 29 June 2011. On the 23rd and 24th of June, ERAfrica, a new, joint African-European project aimed at promoting a unified approach to intercontinental collaboration in the field of science and technology research for innovation and…
The launching of the first three Pan African University campuses
During the opening session of the 17th ordinary session of the African Union end of June in Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Jean Ping, President of the African Union Commission announced the launching, in September 2011, of the first three Pan African…
Ethiopia to host fourth African Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Ethiopia hopes to become the next African centre of excellence in mathematical sciences, after Ghana, Senegal and South Africa, with the opening of the fourth African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) planned for next year.
International Press Conference on Stemm Cells in Berlin / Invitation
Stem Cells in Development and Disease; Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC); Conference, Berlin/Germany; September 11-14, 2011; Press Conference on Monday, September 11, 11.30 p.m. in Berlin.
Novel DNA Sequencer for MDC’s Systems Biology Will Provide Deeper Insight into Gene Regulation
The Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (BIMSB) of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC), Germany, will be the first academic research institution in Continental Europe to acquire a novel DNA sequencer enabling the sequencing of single DNA molecules…
The ‘BRICs Decade’ Will Continue - Scientific conference on the current economic situation and the future perspectives of Brazil, Russia, India and China at IAMO was drew to a successful close
Scientific conference on the current economic situation and the future perspectives of Brazil, Russia, India and China at IAMO was drew to a successful closeAround 150 economists and agricultural economists from more than 20 countries all over the…
Netherlands and China see promising opportunities for trade and investment
Minister for Agriculture and Foreign Trade Henk Bleker has discussed with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan, the promising opportunities for trade between the Netherlands and China. During their talk, at a meeting of the…
