Partners
AFREPREN/FWD is a registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, with vast expertise on energy in East and Southern Africa and some experience in West and North Africa. AFREPREN/FWD brings together over 300 African energy researchers and policy makers from Africa who have a long-term interest in energy research and the attendant policy-making process. More...
Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center, Israel. The Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops was established in 1979 at the Research Organization Volcani Center in Bet-Dagan. The aim is to preserve in-situ or ex-situ, the genetic variability of wild species and primitive varieties that have domesticated relatives (agricultural crops) and economic-agricultural and social-cultural potential for future generations. More...
Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP). The OIIP is Austrias leading non-university research facility in the field of international relations. This politically independent institute organises public discussions, workshops and conferences to a wide range of international topics (more Information on IDC OIIP joint events in german). More...
Bauer Umwelt GmbH (BU) is a specialist on the remediation of brownfields, and the treatment of waters and gases. The company is owned 100% by BAUER Foundations, one of the leading foundation construction companies with a worldwide network on subsidiaries and daughter companies. More...
Bioversity International is the world's largest international research organization dedicated solely to the conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity. It is non-profit and independently operated. Bioversity was established in 1974 by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and remains a part of the CGIAR-system. It has a staff of around 320 working in 16 offices around the world. More...
Biological Research Centre (BRC HAS) is the largest life sciences research facility of the research network run by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. BRC houses 4 institutes (Biophysics, Biochemistry, Genetics, Plant Biology) in the same building, facilitating collaboration and interdisciplinary research. Major activities are dominated by molecular and cellular approaches. More...
Cairo University - Institute of African Research and Studies. Cairo University is one of the oldest universities in Egypt, after the millennium-old Al-Azhar University. Established in 1908, Cairo University has about a quarter a million students studying in 45 faculties and institutes that cover all specialisations in natural, applied, and social sciences and humanities. More...
Center for Agricultural Research and Ecological Studies, Vietnam (CARES).The CARES is a public, nonprofit educational and research institution within Hanoi Agricultural University.Established in 2001 the CARES mandate is to help farmers to enhance their knowledge and increase agricultural productivity, environmental protection and the sustainable development in rural and peri-urban areas. The first priority of the activities is to serve poor people, especially disadvantaged groups and women. More...
Centre National de la Recherche Scinetifique (CNRS-ENS), (Centre Cavaillès, Ecole normale supérieure, CNRS-ENS). It is a small group of historians and philosophers in the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris. Our main interests are the transformations which occur today in scientific disciplines, in particular in biology. More...
Centre National de la Recherche Scinetifique (CNRS) is the biggest research institution in Europe (27,000 people). Its activities cover all Sciences and Humanities. The team constituting this partner work at Genopole®, the largest French Biotech Park, located in Evry near Paris. This BioPark hosts 1,950 people working in over 20 academic labs and over 60 biotech companies around a small university. More...
Commissariat a L'energie atomique (CEA), is a large technological research organization. It is active in three main fields: energy, information and health technologies, and defense. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. More...
Communication Center Schwarzbach (CSS), is a private initiative in order to establish a new seminar centre in the eastern part of Germany, close to Dresden. More...
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) is the largest public Research Organization in Spain, owning > 100 Research Centres covering all areas of scientific interest. The CNB is the chief Research Institute for Biological Research in Spain and one of the leading Biotech Centres in Southern Europe. More...
Department of social and economic psychology, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. (Abteilung für Sozial- und wirtschaftspsychologie).
Dialog<>gentechnik has the goal of sensitize society about genetic engineering and other areas of life sciences, as well as suggest the dialogue about them and their possible applications. Dialog<>gentechnik is an independent, non-profit association based on the scientific seriousness. All activities are financed purely from public funds. More...
Faculty of Agronomy, Royal University of Agriculture, Cambodia. The Faculty of Agronomy sciences is one of eight faculties in the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA). The faculty is composed of five departments such as: department of soil sciences, department of plant sciences, department of plant protection, department of horticulture and department of research and implement. More...
Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas Carlos III (CNIO) was founded in 1998 by the Salud Carlos III Institute of Health, dependent upon the Ministry of Health. Its mission is to conduct research of excellence and to bring the very latest technology in the field of cancer to the Spanish National Health System. More...
Fundacion Global Nature (FGN) is a environmental NGO based in Spain focused on sustainable development, conservation, and environmental education. More...
Geneart GmbH (GA) is a leading integrated solution provider in the field of DNA engineering and downstream processing to facilitate early steps in the development of pharmaceuticals and vaccines, including manufacture of RNA- and codon optimized synthetic genes and combinatorial biology. More...
Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques. GRET is an International Solidarity Association Working at the Interface between Research and Development, in Dialogue with Government Authorities. An international solidarity organisation, GRET is a non-profit association created in 1976 that obtains most of its resources from contracts. More...
Hanoi Agricultural University, Faculty of Land Resources and Environment, VIETNAM. HUA was established on October 12, 1956, as one of the first national universities of Vietnam. Since that time the university has become a center for higher education, research and technology transfer in agriculture. More...
Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH (HZI). This renowned centre is supported by the federal government of Germany and the state of Lower Saxony. The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research belongs to the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest scientific organization. More...
The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (IMPERIAL) and Its Department of Chemical Engineering enjoys an international reputation, evident by its 5* rating in the latest research assessment exercise. The research activities of the department are diverse and organised into eleven research focus areas. More...
Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) was established in 1957.Different from provincial agricultural research institutes, CAAS is China's national agricultural research organization, directly affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture. More...
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences .The main research focus of the Institute is on the basic research of biodiversity and genetic resources and their sustainable utilization, national eco-safety under the background of global change; the formative mechanism of biodiversity and its conservation ways; molecular basis of green and high-efficiency agriculture and biotechnology for the utilization of plant resources. More...
Institute of Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich
The Institute of Biomedical Ethics does research on ethical aspects of genetic databases and synthetic biology. More...
Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA), Austrian Academy of Sciences
ITA is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the analysis of technological change focusing on societal conditions, shaping options and impacts. Scientific technology assessment applies a broad array of methods stemming from a multitude of fields. An essential element of TA methodology is to include various bodies of knowledge, values and interests via participatory procedures. More...
Institut Pasteur. Since its creation in 1887, the Institut Pasteur has become famous throughout the world as a symbol of science and french culture. For 120 years, our foundation has been contributing to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases through research, teaching and public health initiatives. More...
SME ISTHMUS Founded in 2004 in Paris, the SME ISTHMUS resulted from the initiative of scientists working at Genoscope - the French National Sequencing Centre - a research facility with the purpose to sequence and to analyse genetic information from various organisms of scientific, medical or industrial interest.
Khon Kaen University (KKU), Thailand Khon Kaen University (KKU) was one of four regional universities established in 1964 as part of a decentralized development plan for higher education in Thailand. The campus is located in the Northwestern sector of Khon Kaen. Today KKU is home to seventeen faculties, available to about 17.000 students. More...
Network Technology Assessment (NTA) is a network of technology assessment institutions and individuals form German-speaking countries. More...
School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
The largest biology School in the UK midlands region, delivers internationally excellent teaching and research across the broad span of modern biology. They host a broadly-based international community of 900 undergraduates, 250 postgraduates and 300 part time students. The School was rated 5 in the 2001 UK Research Assessment Exercise and has been consistently rated ‘excellent’ for teaching quality. More...
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zurich) is the study, research and work place of 18,000 people from 80 nations. About 370 professors in 16 departments teach mainly in the engineering sciences and architecture, system-oriented sciences, mathematics and natural sciences areas and carry out research that is highly valued worldwide. More...
Technical University Dresden .The TU Dresden has about 35.000 students and almost 4.200 permanent employees (excepting the Faculty of Medicine), 418 professors among them, and, thus, is the largest university in Saxony, today. The Institute for Political Science is concentrated e.g. on: Topics in European integration, evolutionary institutionalism in political science, mass media, political parties in Saxony, Latin America Studies. More...
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPVLC) is a public, dynamic and innovative institution that is dedicated to researching and teaching. The UPVLC maintains strong bonds with its social environment and a strong presence abroad. This university is a young institution. Its history goes back to only 30 years, in spite of the fact that some of its centres have more than one century of existence. More...
Universidad de Valencia (UV). Initially dedicated to the study of medicine, humanities, theology and law, "Estudi General de Valencia" has become a modern European university today, University of Valencia, opened to almost every branch of teaching, research and culture. More...
Universita' Ca'foscardi di Venezia (UNIVE) was established in 2004 in Venice, Italy, with the support of the European Union, the Ca' Foscari University and the City of Venice. The Centre is also proactive in fostering informed public discussion about the novel social, safety and ethical issues that are raised by developments in living technology. More...
Universita' degli Studi di Milano (UMIL). The University of Milan has nine faculties and host about 50 Departments. Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology (DBSB) constitutes in 2003 from the fusion of the former Departments of General Physiology and Biochemistry and of Genetics and Biology of Microorganisms. More...
Université de Lausanne (UNIL) is internationally highly respected for its biomedical and biological research. The Faculty of Biology and Medicine is the largest university faculty, comprising the Biology, Medical and Doctoral Schools, the University Hospital, the Centre of Integrative Genomics (CIG) and the Sections of Fundamental Sciences. More...
Department of Agrobiodiversity, University of Kassel
The biology of plants, plant breeding, agro-biodiversity and the tropical greenhouse are covered by teaching and research in the Institute of Crop Science's Department of Agrobiodiversity. Underutilised and neglected crop plants (Mediterranean area, Iran, Oman) and the taxonomy and evolution of crop plants and their related species are also among the main research interests. More...
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU)
Founded in 1872, the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, known too by its acronym "BOKU", now comprises 13 departments and four service centres in Vienna. The university has approx. 5000 students and approx. 700 permanent teaching staff. More...
University of Vienna
The Institute of Risk Research of the University of Vienna worked in the field of safetzy aspects of energy, and socioeconomic aspects of nuclear fusion. More...
Initiatives we recommmend:
Aki Ra's Landmine Museum
Aki Ra, a former child soldier, now clearing landmines some of which he has placed himself. As director of his Landmine Museum in Siem Reap he also provides a home for at least 16 children, all of them land mine victims and some of them orphans. More...
BID Challenge
The BiD Challenge stimulates small and medium enterprise development in developing countries through an international Business Plan competition for poverty reduction and profit. More...
Economic Initiative for Kosovo
Economic Initiatives for Kosovo (ECIKS) is a non-profitable organization created in April 2003 by Kosovar and Austrian senior students of economy and multimedia in the universities of Vienna, Austria. More...
Fair Ventures
Fair Ventures works on poverty reduction through profit in developing countries. We do this by actively engaging companies and their employees through market-oriented sustainable development. More...
Khmer Institute of Democracy
The primary objectives of the Khmer Institute (established in 1992) are to foster democratic values in Cambodian society, to assist all Cambodians in the exercise of their democratic rights. More...
Teaming
Teaming is a charitable initiative to combine micro donations that individually would not be viable. This is the benefit of teamwork. Teaming in a company or any other organisation means that every employee or member who so wishes, donates 1 Euro from his or her monthly salary. The company/organisation then collects and forwards the donation. All of the employees/members together choose which cause to support each month without having to worry about anything, like administration, for example. More...