Project 018 - EU Global Threats programme - European Union

Context

Following the assessment of the needs of and based on discussions with the countries, this project is aimed at developing a sustainable International Network of universities and institutes for raising awareness on dual-use concerns in bio-technology.

Objectives

Develop a sustainable network of universities and research institutes to reinforce a culture of bio-safety and bio-security.
Raise awareness of dual-use concerns in bio-technology (accidents, hazardous experiments, deliberate misuse, etc.) for academics, scientists, researchers, technicians and students.
Foster the exchange of information, dissemination of knowledge, transfer of best practice and design of joint initiatives, both internally and externally among network participants and national agencies.
Advocate for the incremental incorporation of training materials and agreed common standards on bio-safety and bio-security as a component of the curricula (universities) or fields of research (institutes) of the network participants.

Reference: IFS/2011/273-506
Project duration: 1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
Project locations: Albania
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Croatia
Egypt
Gabon
Georgia
Indonesia
Jordan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Moldova
Morocco
Myanmar/Burma
Pakistan
Philippines
Senegal
Serbia
Tunisia
Ukraine
Yemen

CBRN areas

Safety and security

Funding

- Funding programme
Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) (2014/2020)

Stakeholders

Coordinators

European Commission

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

Website: http://www.unicri.it/

European Union External Action Service (EEAS)

Website: https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage_en

Participants

The Landau Network-Fondazione Alessandro Volta (LN-FAV)

Website: https://www.nonproliferation.eu/thinktanks-2/lnfv/

Alexandria University, Egypt (AU)

Website: https://www.alexu.edu.eg/index.php/en/

Agricultural University of Georgia (AUG)

Website: http://www.agruni.edu.ge/en/

Royal Scientific Society, Jordan (RSS)

Website: https://www.rss.jo/

Middle East Scientific Institute for Security, Jordan (MESIS)

Website: http://mesis.jo/

National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon (CNRS)

Website: http://www.cnrs.edu.lb/english/home

Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii și Protecției Sociale (Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Moldova) (MSMPS)

Website: https://msmps.gov.md/en

University Mohamed V-Agdal, Morocco (UM5)

Website: http://www.um5.ac.ma/um5/

Faculty Sciences of Tètouan, Morocco (FS Tétouan)

Website: http://www.fst.ac.ma/site/

Quaid-i.Azam University, Pakistan (QAU)

Website: https://qau.edu.pk/

College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila (CM UPM)

Website: https://cm.upm.edu.ph/

Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU)

Website: http://www.biochemistry.org.ua/index.php/en/

Taiz University, Yemen (TU)

Website: http://taiz.edu.ye/en/default.ASPX

Universitàt Hamburg, Germany (UHH)

Website: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en.html

Università degli Studi di Milano Statale (University of Milan) (UNIMI)

Website: https://www.unimi.it/en

Università degli Studi di Torino (University of Turin) (UNITO)

Website: https://en.unito.it/

Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (TU Delft)

Website: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/

University of Coimbra, Portugal (UC)

Website: https://www.uc.pt/en

University of Upsala, Sweden (UU)

Website: https://www.uu.se/en