e-News Home Previous issues SERA Home  IN THIS ISSUE July/August 2007, Vol 4, No 4 NRF head speaks at SERA networking event :: Alliance partners initiate project to address global warming challenges :: Global Research Alliance reviews progress at Helsinki meeting NRF head speaks at SERA networking event The SERA Relationship managers, Prof Robin Crewe of the University of Pretoria and Ms Kungeka Njobe of the CSIR, recently hosted a Networking Breakfast for members of the SERA community. Alliance partners initiate project to address global warming challenges Researchers from the SERA Alliance partner institutions, have joined forces with the University of Limerick in the submission of a proposal for the development of a process integration approach as an optimisation tool in Clean Coal Technology.   Global Research Alliance reviews progress at Helsinki meeting The Principals of the Global Research Alliance, of which SERA partner, the CSIR, is a member, met in Helsinki in May for their 6th Annual Meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to review progress made and to determine the path forward. USEFUL LINKS Global Forum: Building Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction How is climate change shifting Africa's malaria map? First call for project proposals: South Africa / Argentina joint science and technology research ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES Science 'Central to Development Strategy' - Gordon Brown - The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has called on the global scientific community to apply its "creative genius and innovative flair" to solving the technological challenges facing the world's poorer countries, and help train their future researchers. Source: AllAfrica.com Opinion - Policy should cultivate, not design, industry clusters - Governments should cultivate emerging clusters of technology-based industries, not design them from scratch Source: SciDev.Net Regional Alliance Set to Harness Science for Poverty Mitigation - The Regional Research Alliance, a grouping of three top scientific institutions in Southern Africa, is taking practical steps to contribute significantly to regional efforts to improve food security, energy, water resource management and infrastructure development. Source: AllAfrica.com Top       © 2005 SERA. All rights reserved. Contact the webmaster or the SERA Relationship Managers at tel +27 12 841 2204 / 420 4094