{"id":111084,"date":"2020-03-07T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T02:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=111084"},"modified":"2020-03-07T12:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T02:05:01","slug":"upsign-network-and-ukri-join-forces-to-organise-three-global-development-workshops-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/upsign-network-and-ukri-join-forces-to-organise-three-global-development-workshops-in-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSIGN Network and UKRI Join Forces to Organise Three Global Development Workshops in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>our correspondent<br \/>\nislamabad<br \/>\nA UK based charity UPSIGN (UK Pakistan Science Innovation Global Network (UPSIGN) has partnered with UK research &#038; Innovation (UKRI) to organise three development workshops in Pakistan on 9 -12th March 2020. Over 150 academics from the UK, Pakistan and the region will travel to Islamabad to take part in the workshops addressing sustainable development challenges linked to (1) Food Security, Agriculture &#038; Nutrition, (2) Affordable Healthcare and (3) Clean and Affordable Energy \/ Water in Pakistan and the region.<br \/>\nThe activities will create and foster new relationships and develop new networks to address challenges aligned with the UN sustainable development goals.<br \/>\nThe UKRI Lead Prof Nicola said, \u201cUKRI is excited to work in Pakistan to address challenges aligned to the UNSDGs (UNSDGs (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals), indeed, UKRI has allocated a total of \u00a31.5b for research in partnership with low and middle income countries to address such challenges through the Global Challenges Research Fund.\u201d<br \/>\n UKRI is investing up to \u00a3200k (Pak Rs 40 million) on these workshops alone.<br \/>\nProf Jawwad Darr, Chairman of UPSIGN Network (A British Pakistani) said \u201cI\u2019m very proud of the UPSIGN team\u2019s efforts to volunteer their time and proactively facilitate British and other scientists to partner with each other for mutual benefit of the UK, Pakistan and the SE Asia Region\u201d<br \/>\nDr Khalid Mahmood (UPSIGN Cofounder) said \u201cthis is an exciting time where top universities and research institutes are taking part in the workshops. This includes researchers from more than 30 UK universities and research Institutes.\u201d<br \/>\nAt the recent pre-workshop launch event in London in February 2020, His Excellency, Muhammad Nafees Zakaria (the Pakistan High Commissioner in the UK) lauded the efforts of UKRI and UPSIGN for this marvellous and timely initiative; \u201cPakistan has a long history of working in partnership with its UK diaspora, so it\u2019s fantastic to see British Pakistani professionals creating initiatives like this that have the potential to be impactful and sustainable for the mutual benefit of both nations\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>our correspondent islamabad A UK based charity UPSIGN (UK Pakistan Science Innovation Global Network (UPSIGN) has partnered with UK research &#038; Innovation (UKRI) to organise three development workshops in Pakistan on 9 -12th March 2020. 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