Africa Day – Science cooperation for sustainable development
The foreign ministry held its traditional Africa Day today, and annual event that this year coincided with the 41st anniversary of creation of the Organisation of Africa Unity, which became the African Union in 2002.Minister Mogherini gave the opening speech and Under-Secretary Mario Giro closed the event. Invited guests included the Mission Heads of the […]
Read moreTrieste – Mauro Giacca to lead global genetic engineering
Italy’s Mauro Giaccahas been chosen to lead ICGEB, the international centre for genetic engineering and biotechnologies, headquartered in Trieste with branches in New Delhi and Cape Town. The 55-year-old former director of the organisation’s Italian component will,as of 31 December, replace the current director, Argentine Francisco Baralle. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreArgentina – Young people “narrate” Italian science
Young Argentines “narrating” the influence of Italian science and culture on that Latin American culture was the subject of a recently concluded competition organised by our embassy in Buenos Aires in collaboration with the Associazione Veronese L’Arena of Buenos Aires. Awards went to young participants between the ages of 17 and 31 who submitted their […]
Read moreScience – Rizzolatti awaited in Copenaghen to receive the Brain Prize
The Italian Cultural Institute of Copenhagen is preparing to welcome Giacomo Rizzolatti, neuro-scientist of International renown who coordinated the research group in the 1990s that discovered the “mirror mechanism”. This professor of Human Physiology at the University of Parma is among the three winners of the prestigious Brain Prize 2014, and the first Italian ever […]
Read moreSupport for internationalisation – MFA-INFN protocol of understanding signed
The need for more synergies to support the internationalisation of scientific research and greater collaboration between Italian actors on the global scene led to the signing today of a protocol of understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), intended to provide greater impetus to the two institutions’ […]
Read moreCommissione Tecnica Bilaterale – Progetto Everest K2
(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) I would like to take this opportunity of closing the Bilateral Technical Commission of the Everest K2 program to congratulate both the NAST and the Ev-K2 –CNR team for the outstanding scientific research activities carried out with consistency, determination and passion. The areas on which their work focuses […]
Read moreCommissione Tecnica Bilaterale – Progetto Everest K2
(fa fede solo il testo effettivamente pronunciato) I would like to take this opportunity of closing the Bilateral Technical Commission of the Everest K2 program to congratulate both the NAST and the Ev-K2 –CNR team for the outstanding scientific research activities carried out with consistency, determination and passion. The areas on which their work focuses […]
Read moreScience Diplomacy – Tuesday 11 March on Radio Luiss new segment of “Diplomazia e Dintorni”
All international policy activities concerning science and technology could be grouped under the heading “Science Diplomacy”. But what is this complex activity all about and what role do the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs play in this increasingly important sector? The 19th segment of “Diplomazia e dintorni”, which airs on Tuesday 11 March, […]
Read moreOnu: nomina Simonetta Di Pippo a Direttore UNOOSA, soddisfazione Ministro Mogherini
Il Ministro degli Esteri Federica Mogherini ha espresso “grande soddisfazione” alla notizia della nomina dell’italiana Simonetta Di Pippo quale Direttore di UNOOSA (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs). La Dottoressa Di Pippo, astrofisico di fama internazionale, vanta una lunga e brillante carriera, contraddistinta da numerosi incarichi di elevata responsabilità presso le agenzie spaziali italiana […]
Read moreOnu: nomina Simonetta Di Pippo a Direttore UNOOSA, soddisfazione Ministro Mogherini
Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini expressed “deep satisfaction” at the news of the appointment of Simonetta Di Pippo as Director of United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Di Pippo, an astrophysicist of international renown, boasts a long and brilliant career distinguished by numerous high-level posts in the Italian and European Space Agencies […]
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