10 November 2022, ICGEB joins UNESCO in celebrating the World Science Day for Peace and Development, as part of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development.
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10 November 2022, ICGEB joins UNESCO in celebrating the World Science Day for Peace and Development, as part of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development.
Read moreICGEB: a strong presence at the 2022 Bio Africa Convention from the 27th – 31st of August 2022, with the theme Africa Resilient: Life Sciences Innovation for Achieving Health and Food Security.
Read moreThrough two new joint projects, BIOTECHNET and WE-STAR, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), together with the ICGEB, are providing resources for candidates from the Horn of Africa and for African women scientists.
Read moreUnited Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and ICGEB award EMPOWER Fellowships: a South-South and Triangular Cooperation programme for women scientists from developing countries.
Read moreThe Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ICGEB partner to offer mobility fellowships to early-career women scientists from Africa.
Read moreThe UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries, TWAS and ICGEB offer early-career scientists from the 46 least developed countries (LDCs), aged 45 or under, exchange visits of up to 6-months at the ICGEB laboratories in Trieste (Italy), New Delhi (India) and Cape Town (South Africa).
Read moreUNOSSC and ICGEB launch EMPOWER Fellowships: a South-South and Triangular Cooperation programme for women scientists from developing countries.
Read moreOn 16 December 2020, the Government of Angola acceded to the ICGEB Statutes to become the 66th Full Member State of the Organisation.
Read moreICGEB at the 2020 Bio Africa Convention from 24-26 August. This year, the convention was a televised event, with the theme “Discover, Develop, Disseminate”.
Read moreJuly 2020, ICGEB is featured on the United Nations South-South Galaxy as partner of the month: featuring our cooperation, good practices according to the Sustainable Development Goals and more.
Read moreThe emergence of new biotechnologies, especially gene drives, genome editing and RNAi technologies, which result in a broader range of applications and which, by extension, help governments to attain a broader range of policy goals, has also resulted in increased requests for support.
Read moreThe ICGEB and UNESCO – through The World Academy of Sciences TWAS, in Italy – sign an agreement to strengthen their common actions and to build capacity in biotechnology and related fields.
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