{"id":99812,"date":"2023-05-16T09:14:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?page_id=99812"},"modified":"2023-09-21T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T11:51:22","slug":"international-commissioned-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/international-commissioned-research\/","title":{"rendered":"International commissioned research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>International commissioned research<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>International geoscience<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/international-commissioned-research\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=International%20commissioned%20research&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/international-commissioned-research\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/international-commissioned-research\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=International%20commissioned%20research&#038;body=BGS%20has%20a%20strong%20portfolio%20of%20commissioned%20international%20programmes,%20including%20applied%20research%20covering%20the%20breadth%20of%20the%20BGS%20strategy,%20and%20capacity%20building%20projects%20across%20the%20world.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/international-commissioned-research\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/international-commissioned-research\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CEPHaS1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur hero-img\" alt=\"Two men stand out in a field with fresh crops. They are looking at scientific equipment, placed next to the healthy crops. Both are looking at the equipment.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CEPHaS1.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>BGS has a strong portfolio of commissioned international programmes, including applied research covering the breadth of the BGS strategy, and capacity building projects across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have worked extensively for many of the world\u2019s principal development agencies including the FCDO, the World Bank, the European Union, the Inter-American, African and Asian Development Banks, World Health Organization and United Nations agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We partner with a wide range of organisations including HM Government, international government departments, other geological survey organisations, academic organisations and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our recent work includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/bgs-international\/partnerships-for-development\/\">Partnerships for Development<\/a> programme, grant-funded projects like <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bgs.ac.uk\/CEPHaS\/\" class=\"broken_link\">CEPHaS<\/a>, and work for the World Bank including developing the Nigeria Geodata Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on our international commissioned research, please contact Kathryn Goodenough.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<h2><\/h2>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-contact no-shape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kathryn-Goodenough-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kathryn Goodenough\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Kathryn-Goodenough.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Dr Kathryn Goodenough<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Principal geologist<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>BGS Edinburgh<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/goodenough-kathryn\/\">Find out more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-9327-block_14fb0326a2d7f5e9056969a17f5b4549\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a 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