A "network of networks"
Training Centres & Programmes Worldwide
The University functions as a decentralized "network of networks" with a truly interdiciplinary and global perspective.
The UNU System comprises the UNU Centre in Tokyo and a worldwide network of Research and Training Centres and Programmes assisted by numerous associated and cooperating institutions.
UNU-BIOLAC
UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean
Focus
Biotechnology and society
Programme Coordinator
Dr. José Luis-Ramirez
IDEA, Edificio Bolú“ar, Planta Baja, Estado Miranda, Venezuela
Tel: (58-212) 962-1644, 962-1605
Fax: (58-212) 962-1120
E-mail: unu@reacciun.ve
UNU-CRIS
UNU Programme for Comparative Regional Integration Studies
Focus
Local & global governance, regional integration
Director
Professor Luk van Langenhove
C/o Grootseminarie Potterierei 72, 2nd floor 8000 Brugge Belgium
Tel: +32 50 44 98 71
Fax: +32 50 44 98 70
E-mail: info@cris.unu.edu
UNU-EHS
UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security
Focus
Environment and human security
Director
Professor Dr. Janos J. Bogardi
UN Campus, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, 53113 Bonn, Germany
E-mail: Bogardi@ehs.unu.edu
UNU-FNP
UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development
Focus
Food and nutrition capacity building
Coordinator
Patrick J. Stover, Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences
www.unu.edu/capacitybuilding/foodnutrition/cornell.html
Cornell University
127 Savage Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853 USA
Tel: 607-255-8001
Fax: 607-255-1033
E-mail: pjs@cornell.edu
UNU-FTP
UNU Fisheries Training Programme
Focus
Postgraduate fisheries research and development
Director
Dr. Tumi Tómasson
Hafrannsóknastofnunin - Marine Research Institute, Skúlagata 4, P.O. Box 1390 121 Reykjavík, Iceland
Tel: +354-552-0240
Fax: +354/562-3790
E-mail: tumi@hafro.is
UNU-GTP
UNU Geothermal Training Programme
Focus
Geothermal research, exploration and development
Director
Dr. Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson
ORKUSTOFNUN, Grensásvegur 9 IS-108 Reykjavík, Iceland
Tel: 354-569-6000
Fax: 354-568-8896
E-mail: os@os.is
UNU-IAS
UNU Institute of Advanced Studies
Focus
Strategic approaches to sustainable development
Director
Professor A. H. Zakri
International Organizations Center, 6F Pacifico-Yokohama 1-1-1 Minato Mirai Nishi-ku Yokohama 220-0012 Japan
Tel: +81-45-221-2300
Fax: +81-45-221-2302
E-mail: unuias@ias.unu.edu
UNU-IIGH
UNU International Institute for Global Health
Website under development
Focus
Research and capacity building in global health, specifically: efficiency of health care systems; newly emerging and re-emergin diseases; non-communicable diseases and control policy; information technology in health; and climate change and health.
Director
Dr. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin
3rd Floor, Nurses' Hostel,
Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM)
Jalan Yaacob Latiff
Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras,
56000 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
Tel: +60-3-9171-5394
Fax: +60-3-9171-5402
E-mail: mohamed.salleh@iigh.unu.edu
UNU-IIST
UNU International Institute for Software Technology
Focus
Software technologies for development
Director
Dr. Mike Reed
Casa Silva Mendes, Estrada do Engenheiro Trigo No. 4, Macau
Mailing address: P.O. Box 3058, Macau
Tel: (853) 712930
Fax: (853) 712940
E-mail: iist@iist.unu.edu
UNU-ILI
UNU International Leadership Institute
Focus
Leadership development
Director
Dr. Jairam Reddy
c/o University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Tel: (962-6) 5337075
Fax: (962-6) 5337068
E-mail: mbox@la.unu.edu
UNU-INRA
UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa
Focus
Natural resources management
Director
Professor Dr. Karl Harmsen
ISSER Building Complex, Nasia Road, University of Ghana, Legon
Mailing address: Private Mail Bag, Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana
Tel: (233-21) 500396
Fax: (233-21) 500792
E-mail: unuinra@inra.unu.edu.gh
UNU-INWEH
UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health
Focus
Water, environment and human health
Director
Dr. Adeel Zafar
175 Longwood Road South, Suite 204
Hamilton, ON L8P OA1, CANADA
Tel: +1 905 667 5511
Fax: +1 905 667 5510
E-mail: contact@inweh.unu.edu
UNU-MERIT
UNU - Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology
Focus
Socio-economic impacts of new technologies
Director
Professor Luc Soete
Keizer Karelplein 19, 6211 TC Maastricht, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 43 3884400
Fax: + 31 43 3884499
E-mail: postmaster@merit.unu.edu
UNU-WIDER
UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research
Focus
Development economics
Director
Professor Tony Shorrocks
Katajanokanlaituri 6B, 00160 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358-9-6159911
Fax: +358-9-61599333
E-mail: wider@wider.unu.edu
UNW-DPC
UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development
Focus
To strengthen the activities of the UN organisations and programmes cooperating within the UN-Water inter-agency mechanism
Director
Dr. Reza Ardakanian
UNW-DPC
UN Campus
Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10
53113 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 228 815 0652
Fax: +49 228 815 0655
E-mail: info@unwater.unu.edu
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