scholarly journals The OECD initiative: towards a Global Biological Resource Centre Network (GBRCN)

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Iain Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Biological Resource Centres ◽  
Industrialised Countries

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has played a central role in the development of the concept of biological resource centres (BRCs) since the outset. Why does an international governmental organisation that brings together 30 mostly highly industrialised countries and that is focused on globalisation and economic growth have an interest in such an area?

scholarly journals From culture collections to biological resource centres

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ipek Kurtböke
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Biological Systems ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Culture Collections ◽  
Biological Resource Centres

As defined by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), biological resource centres (BRCs) are an essential part of the infrastructure underpinning life sciences and biotechnology. They consist of service providers and repositories of living cells, genomes of organisms, and information relating to heredity and the functions of biological systems. BRCs contain collections of culturable organisms (e.g. genomes, plasmids, viruses, cDNAs), information on viable but not yet cultured organisms, cells and tissues, as well as databases containing molecular, physiological and structural information relevant to these collections and related bioinformatics.

Belt and Road Initiative: Analysis of Possible Effects on Nigeria’s Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (06) ◽  
pp. 20475-20182
Author(s):  
Ige Ayokunle O ◽  
Akingbesote A.O
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Economic ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
International Economic Cooperation ◽  
R Project ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Belt And Road

The Belt and Road initiative is an important attempt by China to sustain its economic growth, by exploring new forms of international economic cooperation with new partners. Even though the B&R project is not the first attempt at international cooperation, it is considered as the best as it is open in nature and does not exclude interested countries. This review raised and answered three questions of how the B&R project will affect Nigeria’s economy?  How will it affect the relationship between Nigeria and China? What could go wrong?, The review concluded that Nigeria can only benefit positively from the project.

scholarly journals A standard proposal for biological resources centres

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabela Martins ◽  
Nelson Lima ◽  
Paulo Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Technical Competence ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Biological Resource Centres ◽  
Agriculture And Environment ◽  
International Document ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Standard Development

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to develop a standard providing requirements for managing the quality and competence of the biological resource centres (BRC). Design/methodology/approach The methodology for the standard setting was based on the principles of credibility, transparency, alignment and consistency. A justification study was performed to establish its objectives and scope, avoid overlap and prevent the risks in implementation. International documents providing rules for standard development were taken into consideration. Requirements were assembled from several standards and participation of interested parties was promoted. Findings No relevant international document exists covering fundamental issues for BRC operation. It is possible to develop a consistent and aligned standard, under a credible and transparent process that fits BRC purposes. Practical implications This standard will strengthen the BRC technical competence increasing its capability to provide authenticated high-quality biological materials – a crucial factor for biotechnological developments in the fields of health, agriculture and environment. It will serve as a basis for the BRC compliance assessment and the launch pad for establishing the global BRC network. Originality/value Original paper.

APEC Works Towards Free Trade by 2020: Osaka, Japan, November 16-19, 1995

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-88
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
Trade And Investment

Minister Kono, Minister Hashimoto, Excellencies, colleagues, and friends: It is a pleasure to join you at this year's ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Let me take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to our Japanese hosts. Prime Minister Murayama, Minister Kono, Minister Hashimoto, and their colleagues have worked hard to make our meetings in Osaka a success. After six years of progress and vision, APEC now faces a crucial seventh year of decision. As the guiding force for economic growth and integration in the world's most dynamic region, APEC must not only sustain the momentum it has achieved over the last two years. It must begin to take concrete and far­reaching actions to open up trade and investment in the Asia­Pacific region. If APEC is truly to make history, it must produce results.

scholarly journals Quality management and biological resource centres

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Vera Weihs
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Culture Collections ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Service Culture ◽  
Biological Resource Centres ◽  
The Future ◽  
Traditional Service

The 2001 OECD report Biological resource centres: underpinning the future of life sciences and biotechnology resulted in the establishment of the Guidance for the operation of BRCs. This document still is in its final stage of discussions and has not yet been passed. Nevertheless, many traditional service culture collections already comply (or try to) with these guidelines in their daily work.

scholarly journals UNESCO?s perspective on biological resource centres

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Lucy Hoareau ◽  
Julia Hasler
Keyword(s):  
Biological Resource ◽  
Biological Resources ◽  
Biological Resource Centres

The initiative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to establish biological resources centres (BRCs) and eventually a Global Biological Resources Centres Network (GBRCN) is a welcome one at a time when loss of biodiversity is becoming a critical concern to scientists and many governments.

scholarly journals Expansion of the Economic Cooperation of Belarus with SCO

2015 ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
E. Dostanko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Silk Road Economic Belt

The author considers the economics as the most perspective field of cooperation of Belarus and SCO countries. The cases of concrete projects successfully launched in Belarus together with member countries of SCO are demonstrated, as well as proposals for Belarus participation in the project of Silk Road Economic belt. Main indices of Belarus economic growth are presented. The country is interested in Eurasian integration from economical point of view. At the same time the country seeks cooperation with EU on socio-cultural preconditions, Foreign policy priorities are China and Kazakhstan. Belarus is interested in upgrading its level of participation in SCO and becoming an observer state.

scholarly journals How to be an Asian Tiger

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-108
Author(s):  
Anis Alam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Small Country ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Asian Tiger ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Industrialised Countries

In 1995 the Republic of Korea (ROK) was officially admitted to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This organisation groups together industrially developed countries of the world. Recently, the World Bank has also released a study of China that predicts that China is going to become the second biggest economy in the next fifteen years if its economic growth follows the pattern of the last fifteen years. ROK is the only country from among the developing countries to join the ranks of the developed industrialised countries in the last thirty years. However, it is still a small country compared to China. Hence when China completes its transformation into an industrialised country the whole world will be affected.

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