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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Global University Leaders Council: Environmental protection and sustainability future topics for all university curricula
At the Global University Leaders Council in Hamburg (GUC), university leaders from around the world adopted recommendations on concrete university engagement for global sustainability and against climate change. One of the goals adopted is that all…
Global University Leaders Council: Universities in the fight against climate change
University presidents from 27 countries discuss responsibility for climate protection at the Global University Leaders Council Hamburg.
Platform Launch for International Talent Development Program
Global Talent Mentoring, the worldwide, one-of-a-kind online mentoring program, has opened its virtual doors to 238 participants from 30 countries on its custom-designed online platform. This occasion marks the launch of the pilot round of mentoring…
Newly founded African-German Leadership Academy fosters mutual learning on sustainability
Shaping sustainable economic and social change together - that is the aim of the newly established BMZ African-German Leadership Academy. The training and dialogue programme for young professionals from Germany’s African reform partner countries…
German Research Ministry is funding a new UNESCO programme for sub-Saharan Africa
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding a new programme of UNESCO’s World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) entitled Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators for which young scientists from sub-Saharan Africa can…
Framework Agreement Between Leibniz Institute for Catalysis and Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture
The Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) in Rostock intensifies its cooperation with research institutes in emerging countries. To this end, a framework agreement was concluded on Friday, April 16, with the Islamic World Organization for…
Sino-EU PerMed and IC2PerMed: First Joint Newsletter
The projects Sino-EU PerMed and IC2PerMed funded by the European Commission have published a joint newsletter on European and Chinese communication and cooperation in research and implementation on personalised medicine.
Joint statement by Swedish and German Rectors' Conferences on Ahmadreza Djalali's solitary confinement in Iran
Human rights experts at the United Nations are on high alert and have voiced their concerns at the worsening, life-threatening situation of the Swedish-Iranian scientist Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been arbitrarily arrested and detained in Iran.
Safer international cooperation in science and technology: Annotated Collection of Guidelines and a Meta-Checklist supporting the safe and successful international cooperation
An annotated compilation of guidelines and checklists as a repository as well as a targeted compilation of relevant recommendations for action in the form of meta-guidelines shall help the European research and innovation landscape to set up targeted…
