United Nations

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)

Sponsors of the Network of Centres of Excellence

• Government of Italy
• Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Partners of the Network of Centres of Excellence

• Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM)
• Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI)
• International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
• Sokoine University of Agriculture
• H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry 
• National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture (NERCITA)

Other useful links

• International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (INSME)
  INSME is a non profit Association open to international membership. It aims at fostering transnational cooperation and public and private partnership in the field of innovation and technology transfer to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
• Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) S&T Web Portal
  The CTA Knowledge for Development Web Portal supports policy dialogue on S&T for agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It enables the ACP scientific community to share and review results of national and regional efforts and collaborate to harness science and technology for the development of agriculture in their countries.
• FAO Biotechnology Website
  Coordinated by the FAO Working Group on Biotechnology, this website contains news and events items that are relevant to applications of biotechnology in food and agriculture in developing countries.