On political level the main activities regarding the Oslo Process to ban cluster bombs and the ItCBL participation in it that ended with the sign of the Convention on Cluster Munition by Italy in Oslo in December 2008. Now the ItCBL is working to obtain the ratification of the Convention. The association is also working to defend the Humanitarian Demining Fund.
Another important ItCBL activity is the workshop “There is no peace with landmines” a program of Education on Development, Cooperation and Peace for Primary, Junior High and High Schools. The program is based on a creative approach to encourage students participation and their activation.
The ItCBL organizes training for trainers at University level for people that will act in ItCBL workshop for schools.
The association pay attention to the training of young people and organizes training project to give the possibility to assist to international meeting or to participate to national meeting at high level.

One of the last project (2007-2008)our ETT group has developed for four regional institutes is named "Moka" which stands for Mobile Organized Knowledge Access. In the context of school drop-outs, the objectif has been concerned with the students motivation to come into possession of educational contents,to reconcile them with learning activities, by using the technological instrument most used by him: the mobile phone,to get them involved in the preparation and development of multimedia materials for a better understanding of renewable energy resources. The SELECTS project aims at the improvement of the scientific background of students with innovative methods that employe ICT methodologies. The activities of the Hydrology and Water Resources Management (WRM) Area are centered on the improvement of understanding of fundamental hydrometeorological phenomena to better manage our water resources. Dissemination and international publication represent a regular activity carried out by both of these two research groups.

Since 1994 fabbricadelleFavole is in charge of "Libriamoci: International Exhibition of Illustration", in cooperation with the local Municipality, presenting in Macerata the main Italian and foreign illustrators’ works, through an exhibition dedicated each year to a great master of illustration (e.g. Luzzati, Zavrel, Innocenti, Capek, Wilkon, Kallay, Cneut, Cantone).
In 2008 fabbricadelleFavole created ARS IN FABULA, an artistic training project for publishing, which includes Postgraduate Certificate in Illustration for Publishing (first training course of a higher education granted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research), Illustration courses and Seminars in Publishing.All the above activities can count on the partecipation of Italian and foreign students and teachers.

Inward investment: assistance at every stage of an investment project of a foreign company, from the assessment and information phase to the start up.
Business Promotion: planning and management of visits in Piemonte of foreign delegations and businesses, participation of Piedmontese enterprises to international fairs, organization of b2b meetings, business missions, promotional operations, industrial cooperation projects, partners research, international events in Piemonte.
Fundraising & International Cooperation Projects: expertise in designing and implementing (whole project cycle) projects financed by national and international donors (Ministries, European Commission etc…).Specific attention paid also to CIS countries and Central Asia.
International training: programmes to increase skills and knowledge on the key aspects related to international trade and on the most advanced commercial strategies by offering tailor-made programmes.
Tourism promotion: promotion of the region’s tourist resources by attending international fairs, organizing events and workshops, educational tours for media and trade representatives, b2c meetings.
Long term projects: Automotive (www.fromconcepttocar.com), Ict (www.thinkupict.org), Aerospace (www.torinopiemonteaerospace.com), Contract (http://www.piemonteincontract.com).

Ecological citadel
Depuration of water and control of purity
Information in Environment themes
Master in European Projects

Pro.mo.da in the last years worked organizing events and other activities (including seminars, exhibitions, fairs, expositions, conferences), for example: "Sicilian Delights" (tasting and promotion of typical Sicilian wines and artcrafts in Lettonia and Estonia); "Etna Delights" (taking part in the international exhibition of italian goods "La Dolce Vita" in London); "Sicilia di moda" ("Sicily in fashion": is a collection of 30 clothes inspired to Sicily, its landscapes, its sea, its traditions, its heritage; it was organized many times in different parts of the world, it'sa new way to advertise Sicily in the world, through a cultural and virtual pattern made magic by the emotions that fashion only can give. ); "Il Mondo delle Donne" (expo meeting show about women and their rule in social/cultural/business/arttic fields in Sicily).

Local projects:
- Coaching and mentoring youth groups from sub-urban and rural areas into forming sustainable youth organisations with a European dimension.
- working on the development of active participation and citizenship in the 17th Municipality of Rome, networking with local organisations, promoting activities to foster intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and a participatory approach.
- working towards establish a centre for the promotion and spread of non formal education practices as a tool for personal and social development.
International:
Youth exchanges, training courses, seminars aimed towards empowering civil society organisations and youth groups into improving their local impact and visibility and promoting partnerships between European organisation and fellow organisations from ENPI countries.
Members of the international youth network for co-operation with partner countries and the development of local youth and social policies. YouthNET.
Observer members of the international organisation Youth for Exchange and Understanding.

CISMe staff is high-skilled and specialized in managing and promoting innovative projects whose objective is to plan and test new methods, tools and instruments in several field, to promote the exchange of best practices and the creation of local, national and trans-national network, in order to develop the local territory.
It is specialized in the field of active policies for employment and youth policy as well as in multicultural issue. It manages several projects whose aims were the promotion of young people active citizenship, the developing of solidarity and tolerance, the promotion of intercultural dialogue and the immigrant inclusion into the social and professional life.

Summer residencies (June to September) for International artists of all disciplines. In addition, Palazzo Rinaldi curates and manages ARTtractions/ ARTtrazioni, a multidisciplinary festival of art events aimed at showcasing to the local audience the work developed by the artists-in-residence. Attached please find the full catalogue of the 2009 edition of the Festival (first edition).
Please view our website for more details and pictures: http://www.palazzorinaldi.com

Principal fields of research § European Union: institutional developments and enlargement § Italy: foreign policy and internationalization processes § Global economic trends § Global governance and the rules of international economics § Mediterranean and Middle East § Defence economics and politics § Transatlantic relations