| |
Home
> International
S&T Community
>
United Nations and its Agencies
1
| 2 | 3
| 4 | 5
United
Nations and its Agencies
Links to UN Organizations
with activities and programmes of relevance to African Science and
Technology
| African
Development Forum |
The African
Development Forum (ADF) is an initiative led by the Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA) to establish an Africa-driven development
agenda that reflects consensus among major partners and that leads
to specific programs for country implementation. ADF1999 dealt with
the topic "The Challenge to Africa of Globalization and the
Information Age."
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/adf
| Information
Technology Center for Africa |
The Information Technology Center for Africa
(ITCA) is an information and communication technology (ICT) focused
exhibition and learning centre to demonstrate to African policy
makers and planners the value of ICT for African development.
ITCA will contribute to the realization of the Africa Information
Society Initiative (AISI), an action framework to build Africa's
information and communication infrastructure.
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/tca
The official
WEB Site Locator for the United
Nations System of Organizations
http://www.unsystem.org/index2.html
United Nations News provides news of the United Nation agencies
activities, meetings, press releases and press briefings, UN Envoys
and more.
http://www.un.org/News
| United
Nations Information Center |
The United Nations Information Center
operates as a branch office of the United Nations Department of Public
Information and assists local communities in obtaining up-to-date
information on the United Nations and its activities.
http://www.un.org/aroundworld/unics
| United
Nations System Pathfinder |
The United Nations System
Pathfinder's purpose is to identify major publications of the
organizations comprising the United Nations system. Global studies
and reports, handbooks and guides, bibliographies and indices, international
statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and
documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies
are included.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/start.htm
| United
Nations Industrial Development Organization |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) offers
comprehensive services ranging from simple advice and counsel, to
providing engineers that assist with implementing global agreements
on reducing greenhouse gases and industrial pollution; from helping
women dressmakers in Africa to set up textile cooperatives, to transferring
appropriate technology from one country to another.
http://www.unido.org
| International
Center for Science and High Technology |
The International Center for
Science and High Technology (ICS) is part of UNIDO's network and
disseminates a science and technology culture that respects sustainable
development and advances the industrial competitiveness and investment
climate in developing and emerging countries. The main beneficiaries
are national and regional institutes engaged in R&D, small and
medium-sized industries operating in the sector of high technology,
and policy-makers.
http://www.ics.trieste.it
| United
Nations Institute for Training and Research |
The United Nations Institute for
Training and Research (UNITAR) is an autonomous body within the
United Nations with a mandate to enhance the effectiveness of the
UN through training and research. To meet this aim, UNITAR provides
training to assist countries in meeting the challenges of the 21st
century; conducts research to explore innovative training and capacity-building
approaches; and forms partnerships with other UN agencies, governments
and non-governmental organizations for the development and implementation
of training and capacity-building programmes that meet countries’
needs.
http://www.unitar.org
| World Intellectual
Property Organization - Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété
Intellectuelle |
The World Intellectual Property Organization
- Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (WIPO)
is an intergovernmental organization responsible for the promotion
of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through
cooperation among States, and for the administration of various multilateral
treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual
property, including industrial intellectual property.
http://www.wipo.org
| Organisation
Internationale du Travail - International Labor Organization
|
The Organisation Internationale du Travail
- International Labor Organization (ILO) seeks the promotion of
social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.
It provides technical assistance primarily in the fields of vocational
training and vocational rehabilitation; employment policy; labour
administration; labour law and industrial relations; working conditions;
management development; cooperatives; social security; labour statistics
and occupational safety and health. It promotes the development of
independent employers' and workers' organizations and provides training
and advisory services to those organizations.
http://www.ilo.org
| International
Labor Organization's Regional Office for Africa |
The International
Labor Organization's Regional Office for Africa promotes opportunities
for women and men to obtain productive and decent work in conditions
of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/afpro/abidjan/index.htm
| International
Telecommunication Union |
The International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) is an international organization within which governments
and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
ITU is a leading publisher of telecommunication technology, regulatory
and standards information.
http://www.itu.int
| United
Nations Population Information Network - Africa |
The United Nations Population
Information Network - Africa (POPIN) identifies, establishes,
strengthens and coordinates population information activities at regional
and national levels; facilitates and enhances the availability of
population information in collaboration with the regional commissions,
the specialized agencies and the NGO population community; and provides
a forum for the exchange of experiences among developed and developing
countries on population information issues.
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/divis/fssd/popin
[POPIN Africa]
http://www.undp.org/popin
[Global POPIN]
| African
Institute for Economic Development and Planning - Institut Africain
de Développement Economique et de Planification |
African Institute for Economic
Development and Planning - Institut Africain de Développement Economique
et de Planification (IDEP) conducts training courses of short-term
and long-term duration on management of African development and
planning activities and undertakes research and consultancy activities
for the benefit of member States. IDEP is a subsidiary body of the
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/idep
1
| 2 | 3
| 4 | 5
|
