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World Association of Industrial and Technological Research
Organisations (WAITRO)
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| Contact: |
Mr
Kristian OlesenSecretary-General |
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| Address: |
Danish
Technological Institute, Gregersensvej, P O Box 141, DK-2630
Taastrup, DENMARK |
| E-mail: |
waitro@teknologisk.dk |
| Tel: |
0045
7 220 2085 |
| Fax: |
0045
7 220 2080 |
| HTTP: |
www.waitro.dti.dk |
| Type: |
International
NGO |
| Sector: |
industry
and technology |
| Geography: |
worldwide |
| Activities: |
networking
and training |
| Budget: |
not
available |
| Profile: |
The World
Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisations
(WAITRO) is an independent, not-for-profit global network of
industrial research and technology organisations. It was formed
in October 1970 under United Nations auspices, to provide an
association for effective liaison and exchange of ideas, information,
experience and resources among research organisations, and to
promote co-operation at mutual support at both the regional
and international levels. Membership of WAITRO is of two kinds
- technical and sustaining. The former is open to labs and
other organisations actively engaged in research, and the latter
is available to bodies active in encouraging and promoting research.
WAITRO's aims are to provide a voice for technological research
and development, a global clearing-house for technological information,
and an agency for promoting co-operation between research establishments
from developed and developing countries. |
| Approach: |
WAITRO's aims are achieved, inter alia, through: i) advancing the level and
capabilities of member organisations, ii) fostering and promoting
co-operation between member organisations and other national
and international organisations, iii) identifying areas of research
where international or regional co-operation between members
is needed, and iv) arranging training programmes for staff of
member institutes. WAITRO is currently running a Research and
Technology Organisations (RTO) Capability Building Project with
10 African countries. |
| Finance: |
WAITRO
receives funds from United Nations agencies, intergovernmental
organisations and . . . DANIDA and the European Union are still
the main external sources of funding. Between 1999 and 2002,
WAITRO will spend US$908,500 on the RTO Capability Building
Project. |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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