DEADLINE EXTENDED – ISA and UNTBLDC call for an expression of interest from government officials from Nepal and Tanzania to apply for a three-month deployment with the ISA Secretariat

The Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) calls for expression of interest from experts working for the governments of Tanzania and Nepal to apply for a three-month deployment with the ISA Secretariat in Kingston, Jamaica, until 15 September 2023 30 September 2023.

ISA and the UN Technology Bank for LDCs underscore the role of ocean science to achieve the 2030 Agenda during Eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs

On 4 May 2023, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (UNTBLDC) co-organized a joint side event on the margins of the eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to underscore the role of marine science to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and support broader dissemination of technology and innovation, especially to the most vulnerable countries.

The ISA Secretariat and the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries establish a new strategic partnership to address specific capacity-building needs of LDCs in support of the sustainable development of emerging blue economies

On 6 March 2023, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), H.E. Mr. Michael W. Lodge, and the Acting Managing Director of the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (UNTBLDC), Dr. Taffere Tesfachew, formally launched a new partnership between the two organizations on the margins of the second part of the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developing Countries (LDC5) currently taking place in Doha, Qatar.