UNESCO Office, Montevideo - Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bureau régional de science de l'UNESCO pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes
Oficina Regional de Ciencia de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe (ORCYT)
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URL: http://www.unesco.org.montevideo/
URL: http://portal.unesco.org/
Founded
1949-01 Montevideo Uruguay
History
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Work to strengthen scientific, technological and innovation policies and ensure international cooperation in various environmental sciences, basic sciences, engineering and science policy.
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Through programmes, links with:
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- D-XD4036 - Association of Caribbean States (ACS);
- D-XD4579 - Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- F-XF2858 - Central American Integration System;
- Centre for the Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Caribbean Island States (CEHICA);
- E-XD2865 - Centro Latino-Americano de Fisica (CLAF);
- Centro Regional sobre la Gestión del Agua en Zonas Urbanas para América Latina y el Caribe;
- E-XE0099 - Centro Regional de Sismologia para América del Sur (CERESIS);
- Coalition of Latin American and Caribbean Cities for the Fight against Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia;
- D-XD4499 - Comité Intergubernamental Coordinador de los Paises de la Cuenca del Plata (CIC);
- E-XE9680 - Comité Regional de Recursos Hidraulicos del Istmo Centroamericano (CRRH);
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- G-XJ4904 - Fundação Centro Internacional de Educação, Capacitação e Pesquisa Aplicada em Aguas (HidroEx);
- F-XF2335 - Global Environment Facility (GEF);
- Global Water Partnership - South America and Central America;
- E-XM2387 - Ibero-American General Secretariat;
- H-XF2141 - Information Society Program for Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOLAC);
- 'Intergovernmental Committee (UNESCO/IGC)';
- E-XE1118 - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC);
- International Centre on Hydroinformatics (CIH);
- G-XM1320 - International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM);
- F-XF5114 - International Geoscience Programme (IGCP);
- F-XE0426 - International Hydrological Programme (IHP);
- E-XE5376 - IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE);
- F-XF6646 - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences;
- D-XD3030 - OAS;
- F-XF1426 - Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo (CYTED);
- G-XM1321 - Regional Water Centre for Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Latin America and the Caribbean;
- F-XF7929 - Simon Bolivar Inter-American Library;
- F-XF4530 - Sistema Económico Latinoamericano (SELA);
- F-XF9180 - Southern Common Market;
- all specialized UN agencies, programmes and funds in the region and sub-region;
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- H-XJ4435 - Union of South American Nations;
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Through programmes, links with:
- F-XF0462 - Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (ACAL);
- G-XJ4910 - Asia Centre;
- E-XE1928 - Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (CEPREDENAC);
- E-XE3227 - Centro Internacional de Ecologia Tropical (CIET);
- D-XD4250 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);
- E-XE3965 - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education;
- B-XB1344 - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI);
- B-XC1407 - International Brain Research Organization (IBRO);
- D-XC1463 - International Cell Research Organization (ICRO);
- H-XA1752 - International Council for Science (ICSU);
- A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN);
- F-XF2820 - Red Latinoamericana de Ciencias Biológicas (RELAB);
- U-XE3285 - Latin American Programme for the Human Genome;
- F-XF4114 - Network for Science and Technology Popularization in Latin America and the Caribbean;
- U-XF4115 - Red de Programas de Postgrado en Planificación y Gestión de Ciencia y Tecnologia en América Latina (Red POST);
- U-XK0848 - Regional Project for Research and Training on Coastal Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean and their relations with the Continental Shelf (COSALC);
- U-XE3761 - UNESCO World Network of Microbiological Resources Centres MIRCEN;
- D-XD3059 - Unión Panamericana de Asociaciones de Ingenieros (UPADI);
- K-XK1083 - UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU/BIOLAC).
Also links with:
- D-XD6202 - Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group (AUGM);
- D-XD2507 - Federación de Asociaciones Educativas de América Latina y el Caribe (FAELA);
- U-XF4382 - Inter-American Water Resources Network (IWRN);
- B-XC1297 - International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH);
- B-XB1340 - International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS);
- D-XD4206 - Latin American Association for Groundwater Hydrology Development;
- U-XF4097 - Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ingenieria Sismica (RELACIS).
Instrumental in setting up: U-XF3905 - Red de Redes Cientificas de América Latina y el Caribe (CCRCLA). Provides secretariat for: E-XJ4821 - Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Bioética (REDBIOETICA).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE9595
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