UNDP/SIG/AAS Workshop on the Global Science Corps, 16th to 17th January 2006, Nairobi, Kenya

A two-day workshop was held at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, from January 16-17 to discuss the concept of the Global Science Corps (GSC), a new initiative intended to boost the quality of scientific research and training in Africa, and how it should be implemented. The GSC concept is the brainchild of Dr. Harold Varmus, a University of California professor and co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. The workshop was co-sponsored by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) as host, the Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) in Trieste, Italy and the UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation. More here.