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The United Kingdom and Canada have signed an agreement to work closely together on AI safety 🇬🇧🇨🇦

The AI Safety Institute will collaborate closely with its Canadian counterpart as part of the growing network of AI safety institutes following the first AI Safety Summit at Bletchley.

🎉 We are delighted to announce the 7⃣ start-ups who have been awarded the #GSMAInnovationFund for Accelerated Growth, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Read the blog to find out more about this fund and the selected innovators 🔗 bit.ly/3WJhLaJ #UKAid #Scaling #Startups

📢 We have reopened a call for Battery Ambassadors s part of the Ayrton Challenge on Energy Storage, in partnership with the
TransformingEnergyAccess Learning Partnership

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Our new funding model means that more LMIC researchers will be able to access NIHR funding.

We're also making it easier than ever for researchers to find appropriate funding opportunities with a clear, regular and predictable frequency of calls.

Read our news story:

Happy IDAHOBIT and the beginning of the best season - Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Proud to wear my rainbow lanyard in solidarity with victims of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia globally ✊🏾 - and looking forward to our first Pride of 2024 later this afternoon in Nicosia ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

First #Pride of the season in #Cyprus ! UK in Cyprus joined ‘Diplomats For Equality’ to march alongside Kuir Kıbrıs Derneği. #IDAHOBIT24

📢The FCDO Research Commissioning Centre, delivered by 3ie, is seeking to recruit a full time Director as it scales up operations.

Apply here: lnkd.in/dFg6GJdZ

Find out more about 3ie here ⬇

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🇬🇧 The UK has announced £85 million to tackle antimicrobial resistance ahead of a global event hosted by @RoyalSociety today.

This follows the publication of a new action plan to confront #AMR last week.

See how we're supporting global action 🔻 gov.uk/government/new…

Congratulations to Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin & Dr. Cary Fowler– this year’s World Food Prize Laureates for their pioneering work to protect, share & utilise crop biodiversity to benefit global food security. A brilliant example of UK-US collaboration! Thanks to Secretary Antony Blinken for hosting.

The 🇬🇧 welcomes commitment of 🇹🇿 on clean cooking!

Via the recently announced £3.5M commitment, 🇬🇧 will work w/ 🇹🇿 to support a sustainable supply chain of electric appliances, bringing clean cooking to schools, working w/ TANESCO, raising awareness & uplifting market standards.

Yesterday I represented Government of Uganda at the #CleanCookingSummit organized by International Energy Agency in Paris, France.
I highlighted how policies and regulations have proven to be effective in advancing clean cooking and how these can be adapted to fit local
contexts under the theme of “Making Clean

Fantastic to have Richard Benyon represent the 🇬🇧 at the International Energy Agency #CleanCooking Summit.

Exciting news!

At the International Energy Agency Clean Cooking Summit the 🇬🇧 has announced £5m to 🇺🇬 for modern energy cooking services:

✅the Clean Cooking Unit Ministry of Energy Uganda
✅10,000 electric pressure cookers Modern Energy Cooking Services 🇺🇬 ecookbook
✅30,000 informal sectors transition to clean cooking

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Speaking at the ⁦International Energy Agency⁩ Clean Cooking for Africa summit in Paris. New UK funding will help save lives, empower women and girls and protect forests

📣 Call for proposals! FCDO Research, 3ie and Uni of Birmingham invite applications for a systematic review of the impact of #climatechange on railway operations in #Turkey by 10 June.

📜 Read the detailed call and how to apply 👉🏽 bit.ly/cfpRCC

Massive congrats to Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin and Dr. Cary Fowler on being awarded the 2024 World Food Prize!

Their outstanding leadership in safeguarding crop biodiversity and advancing global food security have made a significant impact! 🌍🌾