A partnership with academia

ITC offers free access to online research tools

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Friday, 28 March 2008 18:54

Vi Staff

Vi's partner, the UNCTAD/WTO International Tade Centre (ITC), is making its online market analysis tools available free of charge to developing and transition-economies countries. The initiative is funded by ITC’s Global Trust Fund and the World Bank.

"I confirm the usefulness of these tools," writes Tanzania's Vi member coordinator, Francis Matambalya, who is using them in his research at the Nordic Africa Institute.

Vi Mozambique member organizes conference on SADC

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Friday, 21 March 2008 18:00

Professor Gilles Cistac, Faculty of Law, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM)

The Faculty of Law of Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) invites Vi members to participate in the First Maputo International Conference on Regional Integration and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Law scheduled for April 23-25.

The conference, organized in partnership with the SADC Secretariat and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Mozambique, is part of the faculty’s programme on Regional Integration and SADC issues, which represents a landmark pilot project designed and developed with the objective of facilitating the mainstreaming of regional integration and SADC policies in Mozambique.

Belarus Vi member hosts next UNCTAD flagship training course in June

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Thursday, 20 March 2008 03:39

Mohan Panicker and Vlasta Macku

Vi members from countries with economies in transition can apply to participate in UNCTAD’s 14th Regional Training Course on International Economic Issues for Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States to be held in Minsk, 23 June to 11 July. Deadline for applications is April 18.


The course, organized with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will be hosted by Vi core member, Belarus State Economic University (BSEU).

Research scholarships available - Deadline April 1

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Friday, 14 March 2008 14:57

Vlasta Macku

The Nordic Africa Institute, a research centre providing information about modern Africa to Nordic countries, invites African Vi members to apply for its African Guest Researchers’ Scholarship Programme.

The programme, based in Sweden, is directed at senior scholars in Africa engaged in research about the African continent, with a proven track record of extensive post-graduate research experiences.

Italy joins Vi

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Thursday, 13 March 2008 18:04

System Administrator

L'Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, established in 1902 in Milan, has become the 24th Virtual Institute Core University Member, and the third member from a developed country (in addition to Canada and France) to join the Vi network.

The admission of Bocconi follows a request by the Vi membership to expand the participation of developed-country universities in the network. Its recommendation and selection is the outcome of Vi's cooperation with UNCTAD's Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development.