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22/05/23

Sustainability science: changing the way we conduct European research

IRD organised an event on 14 April at the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie in Brussels on the theme "Sustainability science: changing the way we conduct European research. A solution-based science built on equitable partnerships with the Global South: understand, co-design, transform".

08/05/23

The symposium "One Health in Practice in Southeast Asia, What's Next?" was held at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology

From April 24 to 26, 2023, the restitution and capitalization colloquium of the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects One Health in Southeast Asia, "One Health in Practice in Southeast Asia, What's Next?" was held at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (USTH).

21/04/23

Training on Crop Water Requirement Calculation and Agricultural Water Use at the Indian Institute of Science

On April 18 and 19, the training was organized at the Indian Institute of Science, in the framework of the World Bank REWARD project.

19/04/23

Launch of the Symposium on the use of viral vectors for gene transfer and genome editing

April 18 was the launch day of the Franco-Thai Symposium on the Study of Viral Vectors. Gathered at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences of Mahidol University, the coordinating scientists of the new Thai Vector Research Center presented their work and the recently inaugurated research platform to...

18/04/23

Live press event invitation | Science for the new vision of the Great Green Wall

In the context of the launch of the international research network RESET GGW which will take place from 25 to 27 April in Djibouti, IRD is organizing an hybrid live press event on Tuesday 25 April at 9:30 am (10:30 am, Djibouti time).

30/03/23

Launch of CapThai project

The launch meeting of the CapThai project took place on March 28 in Bangkok, in front of about 100 participants, including health care personnel in charge of TB patients. The meeting included a presentation of the program and partner organizations.

20/03/23

IJL PRESTO: Review of the Regional Medical Research Meeting

Woottichai Khamduang and Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong, coordinators of the PRESTO International Joint Laboratory (IJL), organized a brainstorming meeting on March 14, 2023 on the theme "What research should be conducted to prevent future epidemics/pandemics in Southeast Asia?"

24/01/23

Reinforcing the franco-ivorian partnership through the creation of an international research platform in global health (PRISME)

ANRS | Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Bordeaux and IRD will come together with the ministry of health, public hygiene and universal health coverage (MSHP), the ministry of higher education and scientific research (MESRS), the ministry of economics and finance (MEF), the PAC-CI...

24/01/23

Signature of the agreement for the IJL PRESTO creation at Chiang Mai University

The Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences of Chiang Mai University welcomed on Wednesday 18th January delegations from IRD of Thailand and Laos for the signature of the creation of the International Joint Laboratory - IJL PRESTO.

08/01/23

Capacity Building in the South: Training Workshop - "Doctoral supervision", in Djibouti

From November 27 to December 1, 18 researchers from East Africa and the Mediterranean met at the University of Djibouti to participate in a reflective training on doctoral supervision. This action is funded by the Region SUD Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, and co-piloted by the University of Djibouti...

02/12/22

Valérie Verdier, CEO of the IRD, at the World Science Forum in South Africa

The World Science Forum is one of the most important scientific gatherings in the world. In 2022, the Forum took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from December 6 to 9, under the theme "Science for Social Justice". Valérie Verdier, CEO of the IRD, attended it and spoke in a joint session with UNESCO...

08/11/22

[Science Days in Laos] IRD organises pitch training at the AUF office in Vientiane

On October 14, Laos celebrated its Science Days. In this context, IRD and the OHSEA program organized a scientific pitch training, in the premises of the AUF (University Agency of the Francophonie) in Vientiane.

03/11/22

IRD Press Conference "Tackling climate change and biodiversity loss: Solutions are also in the Global South"

After an unprecedented hot summer in Europe, and as a prelude to COP27 Climate and COP15 Biodiversity, IRD scientists and their partners from Burkina Faso and Senegal are coming together for a hybrid press conference organized by IRD on 3 November 2022. They will present science-based solutions that...

23/10/22 - 26/10/22

IRD at the Research and Climate Change Summit 2022 and launch of the RROEC

Just two weeks ahead of the COP 27, IRD joined several French, Djiboutian and East African presidential, ministerial and embassy delegations to inaugurate the Regional Research Observatory on the Environment and Climate (RROEC) for East Africa on October 23, 2022 in Djibouti. This launch took place...

21/10/22

Invitation press conference | Coping with climate change and biodiversity erosion: Solutions are also in the Global South

IRD is organizing, on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 10:00 am (GMT+1), the hybrid press conference "Coping with climate change and biodiversity erosion: Solutions are also in the Global South" and invites you to participate in person or online.

18/10/22

IRD presented its One Health research projects at the Lao Colloquium "One health in practice" organized on October 13

IRD with the National University of Laos (NUOL) and the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) organized the "One health in practice" Symposium on October 13. This event was an opportunity for IRD researchers to present their projects related to the One Health approach to students and...

17/10/22 - 28/10/22

CROCO Summer School : training on the Coastal and Regional Ocean Community model

The GdRI-South CROCO-South, which is part of the IRN project CROCO, organised from October 17 to 28 its first Summer School in Cape Town, South Africa, one of its partner countries.