MINRESI’S FRENCH PARTNERS VISIT THE FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL BIOGEOSCIENCES CENTRE IN NKOLBISSON

A delegation from MINRESI guided IRD’s CEO on a tour of the future Environmental Biogeosciences Centre in the presence of the French Ambassador and AFD Representative in Cameroon.

Following instructions from the Minister, Dr Madeleine TCHUINTE, MINRESI’s delegation led IRD’s CEO, Dr Valérie VERDIER, to take a tour of the future Environmental Biogeosciences Centre (EBC) site on Friday 19 April 2024. They were accompanied by the French Ambassador, H.E Thierry MARCHAND, and AFD’s representative in Cameroon. It is important to note that the French delegation was impressed by the geographical location of the site, which is on the outskirts of Yaounde, next to IRAD and MIPROMALO in the Nkolbisson district. The futuristic building, which shall include laboratories, a conference room, lecture halls and reception facilities for foreign researchers, will emerge as part of an already existing research ecosystem.

According to the French Ambassador and IRD’s CEO, it will take three years to complete the building and equip it. The Biogeosciences Centre construction project is funded by C2D programme. It is therefore one of the projects that highlight the strength and vitality of France’s scientific partnership with Cameroon. Thanks to its strategic sub-regional location, the centre will contribute in making Cameroon a hub for research and innovation in Central Africa.

Translated by Celtrad/MINRESI