27–28 March: UNU-AIT Workshop
AIT will hold a United Nations University (UNU)-AIT Workshop on 27-28 March 2007 at the AIT Conference Center. The workshop aims to identify and develop potential collaborative activities and plan in procuring resources in joint activities. During the workshop, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AIT and UNU for recognizing AIT as a UNU affiliated institute will be signed by Dr. J. A. Hans van Ginkel, UNU Rector and AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust.
Experts from UNU and AIT will convene to deliberate on various collaborative themes to look into the operational aspects of the cooperation. Furthermore, representatives from donor agencies as well as partner institutions, such as World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, UNESCO, UNEP, UNESCAP, Mekong River Commission, NORAD, WWF, and SENSA are also expected to take part in this 2-day workshop.
For more information on this workshop, please contact Prof. Ajit P. Annachhatre, Coordinator, AIT-UNU Collaboration at ajit@ait.ac.th