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Gebze ¨C The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and The Network of African Science Academies partnered to strengthen and establish academies of sciences in African Least Developed Countries. Today, sees the launch of the Angola Academy of Science to support and advise the government in directing science and technology policies for the achievement of sustainable development goals ( SDGs). The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank acknowledges that¡
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOSAT delivered a week-long training in Serrekunda, The Gambia, on the use of Earth Observation (EO) and Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT) applications to support operational planning and decision-making for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience to government officials in partnership with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology ( MoHERST)¡
Gebze ¨C The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank and The Commonwealth have formed a new partnership to support least developed countries (LDC¡¯s) through technology transfer, capacity building and knowledge sharing. The two organisations signed a memorandum of understanding committing to collaborate to build science, technology and innovation capacity for least developed countries in the Commonwealth. The strengthened cooperation will focus specifically on¡
Gebze - A donation of 100,000 facemasks has been handed to frontline workers in the Kingdom of Lesotho in an effort to urgently protect key workers, such as medics, police and boarder control staff from COVID-19. The protective supplies are intended for use whilst local production is being ramped up. The masks were presented to The Government of Lesotho by Salvator Niyonzima, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Resident Coordinator, as a donation from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for¡
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank, with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Development Programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP), Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Conference on Trade and Development (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), announced a program, named the Tech Access Partnership (TAP), on Tuesday to scale up local production of health technologies against the COVID-19. The partnership aims to strengthen developing countries¡¯ responses to COVID-19 and increase access to lifesaving health technologies, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ¡
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank rolled out Tech Access Partnership (TAP) programme in an effort to strengthen developing countries¡¯ response to Covid-19 by helping them to locally produce essential health gear and technologies. Launched in collaboration with a number of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agencies, such as the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, TAP will address supply shortages of vital equipment like¡
New York - Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank, together with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Development Programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP), Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Conference on Trade and Development (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), launched the Tech Access Partnership (TAP) on 12 May 2020, as part of a coordinated approach to strengthen developing countries¡¯ responses to COVID-19 and increase access to lifesaving health technologies. As demand for personal protective equipment, medical¡
Expressions of Interest to Participate in 2020 Online Courses Now Open Since 2018, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries has been working to strengthen national capabilities and provide expertise to ensure that least developed countries (LDCs) are not left behind in achieving internationally agreed sustainable development goals. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTB) is taking steps to stimulate the production of¡
Kampala ¨C Uganda stands to benefit from the range of evolving technological tools used to geographically map and analyse the earth and human activities, known as geospatial technologies. A special workshop for policy makers in Kampala today, raised awareness of the important role that these new technologies could play in support of development efforts in the country. The event, organized by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Technology Bank in partnership with the Ugandan¡
Bangkok ¨C Science, technology and innovation play a vital role in ensuring sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, especially for low-income countries. In support of this, a two-day consultation on strengthening national academies of science in the region concluded in Bangkok, Thailand today. The event, organized by the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for¡