The Director-General og UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has confirmed that she will speak at the conference on the UNESCO 1972, 2003 and 2005 CONVENTIONS: SYNERGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT in Bergen.
- It’s great to be part of the unveiling ceremony. It is an impressive and high-ranking recognition that raises the proud history of dried fish/stockfish into the future, said Commissioner Gunnar Bakke when he unveiled the plaque at Bryggen Tracteursted, as the first approved Bacala Alla Vicentina restaurant in Bergen.
The theme of the international conference 24-26 March is the UNESCO 1972, 2003 and 2005 conventions: Synergies for development, ”Using natural and cultural heritage in sustainable development”.
The registration for Lysöen Revisited - 15 years of Human Security is now open.
The main court trial of Anders Behring Breivik after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway began on 16 April 2012. The University of Bergen has experts who can comment on the trial and the attacks in international media.
The order of the genetic hereditary material in animals can have been formed quite by chance, new research shows.
UiB researchers have discovered new species at the northern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
28 year old Jan Martin Nordbotten is the youngest professor in the country. But his childhood dreams did not include dreams of an academic career.
UiB researcher, Jill Walker Rettberg, has produced a digital guide of the university campus which can be accessed by cell phones. There is some uncertainty however about which direction the technology behind the programme is taking.

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