UNU World Institute for Development Economics
Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Based in Helsinki, UNU-WIDER seeks to undertake multidisciplinary
research and policy analysis on structural changes
affecting the living conditions of the world's poorest people.
- UNU-WIDER also provides a forum for professional interaction
and the advocacy of policies leading to robust,
equitable and environmentally sustainable growth.
- UNU-WIDER promotes capacity strengthening and training for
scholars and government officials in the field of economic and social policy
making.
For the UNU-WIDER
website, click
here.
UNU Institute for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH)
Based in Maastricht, The Netherlands, UNU-INTECH conducts research
and policy-oriented analysis and undertakes capacity building in
the area of new technologies, the opportunities they present, the
vectors for their generation and diffusion and the nature of their
economic and social impact, especially in relation to developing
countries.
For the UNU-INTECH website, click here
UNU Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST)
UNU-IIST is based located in Macau, China. UNU-IIST's mission
is to help developing countries strengthen their education and
research in computer science and their ability to produce computer
software.
- UNU-IIST works with universities and helps them to improve
and develop their curricula in computer science
and software engineering, training their staff to teach advanced software
development techniques, and working with their
staff and postgraduate students on research projects and actual software
development projects.
- UNU-IIST collaborates with research institutes on research
projects - helping them to develop contacts within
the wider international research community.
- UNU-IIST helps companies and other public and private institutions
design and develop high quality software using
advanced software development techniques.
For the UNU-IIST website, click here
UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA)
Based in Accra, Ghana,
with a Mineral Resources Unit in Lusaka, Zambia, UNU-INRA’s mission
is to strengthen the capacity of Africa's universities and research
institutions to conduct research and produce well-trained, well-equipped
and motivated individuals capable of developing, adapting and disseminating
technologies that advance food security and promote conservation
and efficient use of the continent's natural resources
for sustainable development.
For the UNU-INRA website, click here
UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
Located adjacent to the UNU Centre in Tokyo, UNU/IAS is one of
the newest research and training centres in the UNU system.
- UNU-IAS undertakes research and postgraduate education on issues
at the forefront of knowledge, policy development
and learning. UNU/IAS is committed to contributing creative solutions
to pressing issues of global concern.
- The term advanced studies refers to a multidisciplinary
approach to research problems. UNU-IAS engages
experts from traditional disciplines such as economics, law, biology,
political science, physics and chemistry and ask them to pool their
specific knowledge in an attempt to understand and resolve key
challenges to sustainable development and the most pressing global
problems.
- UNU-IAS maintains the goal of identifying strategic areas of
research into issues of concern for all humankind,
for governments and decision makers and, particularly, for developing
countries.
For the UNU-IAS website, click here
UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin
America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC)
Based in Caracas,
UNU-BIOLAC conducts research into biotechnonogical issues in the Latin
America – Caribbean region.
For the UNU-BIOLAC
website, click here
UNU International Network on Water, Environment
and Health (UNU-INWEH)
Based in Hamilton
(Ontario) in Canada, UNU-INWEH’s mission
is “to contribute, through capacity development and directed
research, to efforts to resolve pressing global water problems
that are of concern to the United Nations, its Member States and
their Peoples”.
UNU-INWEH’s mission is
to respond to the growing global water crisis and to recommend positive
steps to be taken to implement Millennium Declaration Goals
in this context.
UNU-INWEH promotes capacity building for countries affected and
a more participatory approach based on North-South co-operation
in dealing with global water issues.
For the UNU-INWEH website, click here
UNU International Leadership Academy (UNU-ILA)
Based in Amman,
The UNU Leadership Academy was established in April 1995 by agreement between
the United Nations University and the Government of Jordan. The UNU
Leadership Academy's mission is to promote, encourage and facilitate: "Leadership
development for a secure, just and equitable, humane and democratic
world."
The 3-pronged strategy for implementing the mission includes the
following:
- Build Leadership Capacity
- Conduct Original Research on Leadership
- Enhance Public Awareness
For the ILA website, click here
UNU Programme on Comparative Regional Integration
Studies (UNU-CRIS)
Based in Bruges,
Belgium, UNU-CRIS seeks to contribute towards achieving the universal
goals of the UN through comparative and interdisciplinary research
and training for better understanding of the processes and impact of
intra- and inter-regional integration.
To do this, UNU-CRIS
builds policy-relevant knowledge about new forms of governance and
co-operation, and contributes to capacity building on issues of integration
and co-operation particularly in developing countries.
For the UNU-CRIS website, click here
UNU
Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development (UNU-FNP)
Co-ordinated from Cornell University in the US, UNU-FNP seeks
to:
- strengthen international capacities in food and nutrition
in all developing countries by promoting institution
building with special emphasis on facilitating advanced professional
training;
- identify research needs and opportunities to improve the
health and well-being of individuals and communities
in all countries;
- serve
as an academic arm in the area of food and nutrition for the United
Nations System and to work in this capacity with other agencies in
the public and private sector.
For the UNU-FNP website, click here
UNU Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP)
Based in Iceland UNU-GTP seeks to assist developing countries
with significant geothermal potential to build up or strengthen
groups of specialists that cover most aspects of geothermal exploration
and development.
Specialized training is offered in geological exploration, borehole
geology, geophysical exploration, borehole geophysics, reservoir
engineering, chemistry of thermal fluids, environmental studies,
geothermal utilization, and drilling technology.
The trademark of the training is to give university graduates
engaged in geothermal work very intensive on-the-job training in
their chosen fields of specialization.
For the UNU-GTP website, click here
UNU Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP)
Based in Iceland,
the Fisheries Training Programme (FTP) of the United Nations University
(UNU) was established at the Marine Research Institute in Reykjavík
in 1998.
For the UNU-FTP website, click here
UNU Institute for Environment and Human
Security (UNU-EHS)
Based in Bonn, UNU-EHS examines and researches on issues relating
to the effects of environment change on human security issues
For the UNU-EHS website, click here.
