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Session at the 77. UN General Assembly Science Summit

The role of Research and Implementation Organizations (RIO) for sustainable development.

UNGA77 Science Summit

On September 23, we led a session at the 77th UN General Assembly Science Summit. Over 30 interested people attended the session. After a thematic introduction by Fabian Käser, Jasmina Saric presented our study on "Research and Implementation Organisations (RIO)". Subsequently, Jürg Utzinger introduced SwissTPH as a RIO. Isabelle Providoli (CDE) and Boniface Kiteme (CETRAD) explained the importance of bilateral international cooperation between RIOs. Nathalie Wyser described the role of RIOs and science-practice collaboration for SDC. Finally, Amare Bantider briefly introduced the WLRC.

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