On 16 May 2012, UNU Bonn hosts a workshop on "Harnessing the Potential of African Diaspora in Research and Development Cooperation". This workshop aims to bring together relevant stakeholders involved in the North-South knowledge and technology transfer and is a pre-event to the 8th Scientific and Technologic Forum of the Cameroonian Diaspora (FoSTDIC), taking place from 18 until 19 May 2012 in Dortmund, Germany. | Read more

London, 28 March 2012. The Inclusive Wealth Report, developed by UNU-IHDP (hosted by UNU-ViE) and UNEP, is based on a new economic indicator that measures natural, human and produced capital and can provide guidance for economic development towards sustainability. Scheduled to be published at Rio+20, it will describe the capital base of 20 nations, among them Brazil, China, Germany, India, Kenya and Venezuela. 

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United Nations University study documents over 80 per cent of Dutch e-waste flows. The forthcoming EU collection objective for discarded electrical and electronic (EEE) equipment and energy saving lamps (e-waste) requires many more insights in the fate of electronic products. All EU countries will need to collect 65 per cent of the average weight of equipment and lamps sold annually the three previous years. However, none of these countries know the amount of products exported or the amount of e-waste ending up in the waste bin. | Read more

5-10 March 2012 has been declared the first annual Open Education Week. A global event, Open Education Week seeks to raise awareness about the benefits of free and open sharing in education, especially Open Educational Resources (OER). Within the framework of the “Mainstreaming Open Education” workshop (5-10 March 2012), UNU-ViE organizes a session on "Certification of OER-based Learning" on 8 March 2012. | Read more

The Disaster Management Training and Education Centre of Africa at the University of Free State (UFS-DiMTEC) organized the second year contact session of its Master Programme on Disaster Management from 16 to 25 January 2012. Meanwhile, UNU-ViE/UNU-EHS delegates met with the University of the Free State’s Academic Vice-Rector, Prof. Driekie Hay, to further discuss the ongoing UNU-ViE Congo-Brazzaville initiative with DiMTEC. | Read more

Bonn. On 12 January 2012, Prof. Dr. Jakob Rhyner, UNU Vice Rector in Europe, and Prof. Oumarou Bouba, Rector of the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the institutional collaboration between the two universities. The signing parties herewith formally agreed on the already established cooperation with regard to information exchange, research activities and publication initiatives, especially in the field of e-learning. | Read more

The 2nd International Scoping Workshop on the establishment of the United Nations University Institute on Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) and its Twin Institute in Mozambique took place 24-25 October 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Different key stakeholders discussed research topics for the envisioned Twin Institute in Maputo and identified key topics to be dealt with by both the Dresden and Maputo twinning partners. | Read more

New York, 18 January 2012. The United Nations University (UNU) currently ranks 6th among the world’s “Best Government-Affiliated Think Tanks” and UNU-WIDER ranks 6th among the global “Top-Thirty International Development Think Tanks” in the 2011 Global Go-To Think Tanks Report. The report was launched today in events at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. | Read more

On 11 October 2011, builders andtheSecretariat of theUnitedNationsFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as future user celebrated thetopping outat one of thelargestconstruction sites inBonn. Professor Jakob Rhyner, United Nations University Vice Rector in Europe and Director of UNU-EHS, delivered a speech on behalf of the Heads of the United Nations Agencies in Bonn.

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Conversations: Beautiful Minds for a Sustainable Future

The 28-year-old environmental scientist Binita Shah is a 2010 winner of the International Green Talents Competition, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) and supported by the United Nations University (UNU) Bonn. Shah holds a masters degree in Environmental Science from the Institute of Environment Education and Research at Bharati Vidyapeeth University in Pune, India. | Read more