Twas in Action

TWAS Fellow (2005) Monty P. Jones gives his viewpoint on the ongoing changes occurring in the international agricultural research system of the CGIAR and why he feels they are necessary.

More than 320 participants from some 50 European and African countries attended the First Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research in Brussels to discuss the development of collaborative projects

The Executive Board of the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) is meeting at TWAS's headquarters in Trieste, Italy, from 30 to 31 March 2009.

A workshop is being held at TWAS headquarters examining best practices in advisory roles and fellowship appointments.

The most recent issue of the 'TWAS Newsletter' has just been posted.

TWAS Associate Fellow Marc Van Montagu received the Genome Valley Award 2009 from Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state Andhra Pradesh

"Africa's universities must be reformed and strengthened, and each African country must have at least one world-class university." This was the key message conveyed by Mohamed H.A. Hassan.

TWAS Steering Committee meeting today.

Beatriz Barbuy, an eminent Brazilian astrophysicist, and Roddam Narasimha, an internationally renowned Indian engineer and physicist, have been awarded the 2008 Trieste Science Prize.

SciDev.Net carries an article by Arturo Barba about the statement that marked the end of TWAS's 25th anniversary celebration.