Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Tunisia: Wole Soyinka for AfDB lecture

Tunisia: Wole Soyinka for AfDB lecture: "Tunis, Tunisia - Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has been invited to the next session of the 'Distinguished Speakers' forum of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 25 Oct. in Tunis, the bank said in a statement obtained by PANA here Tuesday. The 76-year-old Soyinka, the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for literature (in 1986), will speak on 'The role of African intellectuals in the Development of Africa.'"

Office of Science & Technology - Around the World in 30 Days – a Four-Week Journey for Science Diplomacy

Office of Science & Technology - Around the World in 30 Days – a Four-Week Journey for Science Diplomacy: "in Amman, another AAAS team, this one from the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP), convened in cooperation with the Jordanian University of Science and Technology's HRH Princess Haya Biotechnology Center a major biotechnology symposium with participants from 14 countries from the region plus Afghanistan and Pakistan. The attendees' reaction was very positive. For the first time, AAAS will be able to accept and fund on a competitive basis a small number of projects based on proposals from bioscientists in the region."

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

European Union Libya Negotiate Cooperation Agreement in Brussels

European Union Libya Negotiate Cooperation Agreement in Brussels: "European Union Libya Negotiate Cooperation Agreement in Brussels
02/10/2010 22:35:00
The European Union (EU) and Libya have resumed on Thursday talks in Brussels with a view to concluding a comprehensive cooperation agreement. Discussions between the two parties cover trade, transport and diplomacy, said a statement by the EU Commission services."

Monday, October 4, 2010

Touching base with the RISE networks � SciDev.Net’s Weblog

Touching base with the RISE networks � SciDev.Net’s Weblog: "Capacity building is a buzzword in African science policy circles, but we journalists have a hard time writing about it. A story may appear when a new initiative is launched; another if a promised result fails to materialise. But the slow bricklaying of most capacity-building programmes is difficult to fit into the cut-and-thrust of the news pages."