Centro Direzionale di Napoli - Via Porzio, 4 – Is. G1-sc.C 47/49
Naples
Italy
- International/Cultural relations
- Others
The Office represents CNR reference structure as concerns the implementation of policies and actions to develop S/T cooperation with Mediterranean and Middle-East Countries. It works in collaboration with Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian embassies in Mediterranean and Middle East Countries to develop actions aimed at favoring mobility of researchers and technicians, identifying priority sectors to implement S/T euro-med cooperation, sharing information on opportunities of collaboration and providing dissemination of results.
It supports the work of the Monitoring Committee for euro-Mediterranean cooperation in S/T established following the Barcelona Declaration in 1995.
-Coordination of bilateral agreements signed by CNR with: ASRT-Egypt; MOST-Israel, CNRST-Morocco; TUBITAK-Turkey.
-Training initiatives: “Euro-Med post-graduate Advanced School on New Materials and technologies for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage ...” (1999and2001); “Multi-media Technologies applied to Cultural Heritage” (6.11/7.12.2000), Training Through Research Programs in priority sectors (nov.2002); “Short Advanced Course on Conservation of Cultural Heritage” (29.05/2.06.05).
-Coordination/involvement in EU projects: The Euro-Med Forum on Co-operation in agriculture and food agro-industry (1998), co-funded under MEDA Program; “Euro-Med Forum on Scientific/Technological research as a tool for regional integration (2000), 5thFP; “Second Forum of high representatives of Euro-Mediterranean public institutions of RTD” (2002), 5thFP; “Thematic workshops for the definition of the S/T euro-Mediterranean policy within FP7”, 6thFP; “Innovative materials and technol