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An agreement of collaboration on joint projects between UNU and one of the largest advertising and media companies in the world is a door-opener for entirely new adventures, new ideas, and new perspectives," according to Rector Osterwalder.
The seminar in Windhoek, Namibia was hosted by the University of Namibia on the theme "Africa's Natural Resources: From Conflict to Sustainable Development".The seminar in Ghana was hosted by the University of Ghana, Legon on the theme "Strategies for Sustainable Development and the pressures of Globalization: Policy Challenges in Africa".
Munich Re Foundation and UNU-EHS proudly announce the fifth annual Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability. The theme is "Protecting environmental migrants: creating new policy and institutional frameworks".
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UNU Conversation Series: The Economic Crisis
UNU brings together important global intellectual and policy voices, including Olivier Blanchard, Francois Bourguignon, Noam Chomsky, Richard Cooper, Robert Johnson, Eisuke Sakakibara, Joseph Stiglitz, in a multimedia intellectual forum on the economic crisis entitled "UNU Economic Crisis Conversation Series".
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