UNU-FLORES

The United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), established in 2012, is one of the 13 institutes that make up the United Nations University (UNU) — a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organisation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. With its office situated in the World Trade Center Dresden, the Institute works closely with the Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), among other research institutes and universities. As part of UNU, the mandate of UNU-FLORES is to support the United Nations and its member states through research, postgraduate education and capacity building. At a greater scale, UNU-FLORES is part of the UN System.