Events
BDA is invited to the "Africa Rising" Conference
Mar. 15, 2011, Carole Robert will be honored to be co-presenter of a workshop discussion with Prof. Peter Singer (CEO of Grand Challenges Canada and director of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health) at the conference "Africa Rising: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Frontiers" organized by the MaRS Discovery District.Read more
BDA is invited to COP10 Nagoya by the CBD
On the occasion of the tenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 10) - www.cbd.int/cop10/ - to be held in Nagoya (Japan) from 18 to 29 October 2010, the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity ) made a true honor to the BDA Foundation by creating a special occasion "Side Event" to present the Project Plant Action ongoing in DR Congo to the various Heads of States and their delegates.Read more
Beyond CSR 2010 Conference
The BDA Foundation is proud to present its project to the annual conference Beyond CSR.
Beyond CSR aims to raise the awareness amongst present and future organizational leaders on the many ways businesses can incorporate sustainable practices with sound economic strategy. By demonstrating how profitability and social responsibility are not mutually exclusive ideas, Beyond CSR hope to encourage greater consideration of environmental and social welfare in business decisions.Read more
Grand opening of the first processing center in Luki
More informations to come soon.
You can track the progress of work on the album "PRECI \ \ Luki 2009"
The Yaounde Gathering Report
The project “The Yaounde Gathering” was conceived and executed by the French association, “Traditions d’Avenir” (Traditions for the Future) and its president, Senator Michel Guerry. It began from the premise that,”in spite of important political, scientific and financial efforts, large pandemic diseases such as HIV-AIDS and malaria are not subsiding, especially in poor countries”.Read more
Les Entretiens de Yaoundé
"The Yaounde Talks" (Les Entretiens de Yaoundé), sponsored by UNESCO and UNAIDS, aim to strengthening the universal mobilization to seek innovative, efficient and responsive solutions in the areas of prevention, education and therapeutic care. In these areas and on all continents, what should we think of treatments derived from traditional medicines that claim not only results but also health approaches highly integrated?Read more
BDA Event at the ÉTS of Montréal
As part of the “Corporate Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility in the DRC” event being held on the premises of ÉTS and on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology for Sustainable Development in Africa Foundation (BDA), the Right Honourable Joe Clark is proud to host Abbot Appolinaire Malumalu, with whom he worked when Abbot Malumalu was responsible for organizing the DRC!s first democratic elections in 42 years.Read more
COME MEET OUR FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS !!
COME MEET OUR FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS!
The Foundation Biotechnology for Sustainable Development in Africa (BDA) is pleased to invite you to meet with its first 30 students of its training program in cultivation of medicinal plants for nutritional and pharmaceutical industries.
In the presence of "very important guests" (members of the Canadian Embassy, representatives of the Congolese authorities, teachers and experts partners), you can chat with them about this new economic sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
To see who was there, come visit our album!
BDA wil attend to Rendez-vous de la Coopération 2008
October 15th - 17th, 2008 will be held at Laval University – Pavillon Alphonse Desjardins – the Canadian and Quebecois cooperation appointment of the French speaker community. This real forum of giving and receiving highlights partnerships between organizations from here and there which really make a real difference!
For more information, visit www.rvcooperation.com (in French only)
McGill conference on Gobal food security 2008
Developing countries, as well as developed countries, in every corner of globe are being affected by the current global food crisis. The world’s poor are the hardest hit. The conference will bring together leading international experts in agriculture, food and nutrition, policy and development to discuss a framework for long term solutions to declining world food stocks and rising food prices.
For more details, please visit www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/events
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