Cooperation & Development Center CODEV

WELCOME TO COOPERATION & DEVELOPMENT CENTER!

The aim of the Cooperation & Development Center (CODEV) is to contribute to tackling development issues through the promotion and strengthening of scientific cooperation, in conjunction with academic and research institutions in emerging and developing countries.

Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines the knowledge produced by the different disciplines at the EPFL and the social, economic and institutional capacities of the countries of the South, CODEV seeks to promote the application of state-of-the-art technologies to real social, environmental and economic needs in order to respond to the most pressing world challenges and to contribute to the efforts being made to reduce poverty.

CODEV activities are focused in 4 main axes:

• Research
• Management of Research programs
• Education
• Expertise and advice
• Communication and events

• Dossier sur la Coopération - Flash EPFL oct 2011.pdf

UNESCO CHAIR

In 2007, CODEV was nominated a UNESCO Chair in  technologies for development. The priority domains and activities of the Chaire are described on the UNESCO page.