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Trieste/Gebze ¨C Scientific skills and personal engagement alone are not enough to develop a career in science, especially in developing countries. Assets to build high-quality education and achieve meaningful results include learning from experienced researchers to guide scientific growth and creating a collaborative network for long-term support and cooperation. These and other resources are embedded in a far-reaching collaboration programme¡­

Gebze ¨C Satellite data will be easier to access and use in least developed countries, thanks to a new partnership between the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The new collaboration will enhance the capacity and skills of policy and decision makers to access different types of space infrastructure. This will include data and applications that can help in¡­

Gebze ¨C The United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research ( UNITAR) ¨C UNOSAT convened a workshop in Mozambique to enhance the capacity of expert and policymakers on the interpretation and utilisation of geospatial technologies. The workshop aimed to demystify geospatial technologies and raised awareness of the vital role of supporting Mozambique's development efforts¡­

Gebze ¨C The UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and The Network of African Science Academies partnered to strengthen and establish academies of sciences in African Least Developed Countries. Today, sees the launch of the Angola Academy of Science to support and advise the government in directing science and technology policies for the achievement of sustainable development goals ( SDGs). The UN Technology Bank acknowledges that¡­

UNOSAT delivered a week-long training in Serrekunda, The Gambia, on the use of Earth Observation (EO) and Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT) applications to support operational planning and decision-making for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience to government officials in partnership with the UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology ( MoHERST)¡­

Gebze ¨C The UN Technology Bank and The Commonwealth have formed a new partnership to support least developed countries (LDC¡¯s) through technology transfer, capacity building and knowledge sharing. The two organisations signed a memorandum of understanding committing to collaborate to build science, technology and innovation capacity for least developed countries in the Commonwealth. The strengthened cooperation will focus specifically on¡­

Gebze - A donation of 100,000 facemasks has been handed to frontline workers in the Kingdom of Lesotho in an effort to urgently protect key workers, such as medics, police and boarder control staff from COVID-19. The protective supplies are intended for use whilst local production is being ramped up. The masks were presented to The Government of Lesotho by Salvator Niyonzima, UN Resident Coordinator, as a donation from the UN Technology Bank for¡­

The UN Technology Bank, with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), announced a program, named the Tech Access Partnership (TAP), on Tuesday to scale up local production of health technologies against the COVID-19. The partnership aims to strengthen developing countries¡¯ responses to COVID-19 and increase access to lifesaving health technologies, the UN¡­

The United Nations Technology Bank rolled out Tech Access Partnership (TAP) programme in an effort to strengthen developing countries¡¯ response to Covid-19 by helping them to locally produce essential health gear and technologies. Launched in collaboration with a number of UN agencies, such as the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, TAP will address supply shortages of vital equipment like¡­