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5-23 October, Hurlingham, Argentina
Training Course of the Brucellosis Research Network on Molecular Biology Applied to Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Brucellosis (UNU/BIOLAC)
Objective: To train researchers from Latin America in molecular biology techniques used in diagnosis, epidemiology and basic research in brucellosis.
5-23 October, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Training Course on Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition (FoodComp'98)
Objective:To provide training in the generation, handling and processing of food composition data and to show how those involved in the production of data and the compilation of these data into food composition tables and databases can contribute to improve nutrition. The course is organized as a cooperative activity of Wageningen University, UNU, FAO and the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
5 October 1998 - September 1999, Nairobi, Kenya
Training programme on Applied Human Nutrition
8-9 October, Tokyo, Japan
15th INCEDE Open Lecture/UNU Public Forum in commemoration of IDNDR Day
Objective: To hold a joint public forum with the International Center for Disaster-Mitigation Engineering (INCEDE) of the University of Tokyo concerning "Information: Too much... Too little... - Role of Communication Media in Disaster Reduction" to commemorate the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) which focuses on "Natural disaster prevention and the media" as the theme of 1998. Related press release
More details on the event are available from Website at INCEDE
9-10 October, Dakar, Senegal
Regional Workshop on “Democracy in Africa” (tentative title), organized with the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
Objective: To analyze the specific characteristics of democracy and democratization in Africa with emphasis on governance in an attempt to bring together economic, social and political issues. This workshop is one of the regional workshops organized under the UNU project on The Changing Nature of Democracy.
12-15 October, Dakar, Senegal
Fourth African Conference on Research in Computer Science (CARI'98)
Objective: To promote postgraduate training and research in computer science in Africa, present research activities currently undertaken in the universities and research centres of Central and West Africa in the field of computer science, and follow-up on the recommendations of the previous conferences.
13-23 October, Beijing, China
Formal Techniques for Software Development by UNU/IIST in cooperation with Ministry of Education of China (MEC)
Objective:To develop software engineering courses and promote programming methodology research for Chinese universities around the concepts of formal techniques for software development. The course will introduce the RAISE methods and the Duration Calculus approach to the participants. Approximately 40 teachers from the key universities in China are expected to attend.
14 October, New York, U.S.A.
UNU-UNITAR joint seminar on "Climate Change Convention - Fourth Conference of Parties: Challenges and Opportunities" This is the third session in the annual series "Sustainable Development in Practice."
16 October, Tokyo
UNU Public Forum on Institutions and Development in Africa
Objective: To present and discuss papers on institutions and development in sub-Saharan Africa. The Forum will be held at the time of the second International Conference on African Development (TICAD II) in Tokyo. Programme
16-17 October, Lisbon, Portugal
International Conference on Industrial Structure, Innovation Dynamics and Technology Policy (UNU/INTECH)
Objective: To bring together three distinctive research perspectives: (a) the 'appreciative' theory of Technological Change, (b) the Economics of Industrial Dynamics and Macroeconomics Growth, and (c) the 'systemic' views on Learning, Institutions and Competitiveness, and provide an opportunity for the exchange of views on existing ideas and concepts derived from these three different research directions. The conference is organized with the financial support from the European Commission.
19-21 October, Maastricht, the Netherlands
UNU/INTECH Board Meeting
22-23 October, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Second meeting of the UNU/INWEH International Advisory Committee
23 October, Tokyo, Japan
1998 UN Day Symposium on "Human Rights and the Role of the United Nations" to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Press release and Programme
26-28 October, Macau
UNU/IIST Board meeting
26 October-6 November, La Paz, Bolivia
UNU/BIOLAC Training course on "Rapid Methods for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease: Culture and Drug Sensitivity Testing" and Workshop of Brucellosis Research Network
27-29 October, Lusaka, Zambia
Workshop on Women in Small-scale Mining Activities (UNU/INRA)
Objective: To review problems and constraints faced by women in small-scale mining activities, and examine and suggest ways to alleviate these problems and constraints.
October 1998-September 1999, Nairobi, Kenya
Training Programme on Applied Human Nutrition
Objective: To provide postgraduate training in food and nutrition policy and planning leading to a master's degree.
October-November, Trieste, Italy
College on Microprocessors-based Real-time Systems in Physics
Objective:To provide training in the use of the facilities of a real-time operating system for designing and implementing computer controlled experiments.
