SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION<\/p>\n
The cooperation between Italy and South Africa in Science and Technology (S&T) is regulated by the bilateral cooperation agreement signed in Pretoria on the 15th of January 1998.<\/p>\n
The strategic S&T areas of cooperation are:<\/p>\n
Physics, Astrophysics and Radio-Astronomy
\nInformation Communication Technology
\nBiotechnology
\nNanotechnology and New Advanced Materials
\nMedicine and Health
\nGreen and Renewable Energy and Environment<\/p>\n
In March 2015, the Italian Embassy in South Africa opened its S&T office. It is part of the S&T attach\u00e9 network established by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation through its Unit for Bilateral and Multilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation.<\/p>\n
The role of S&T attach\u00e9s is to showcase and capitalise on the sectors of excellence in scientific and technological research and support the advancement of Italian companies operating in advanced technology sectors. Particularly:<\/p>\n
to support and to develop the definition of bilateral cooperation agreements and the application of the related executive protocols;
\nto promote the Italian S&T system;
\nto provide proper information on the South African science policy and system;
\nto support and promote the cooperation between Italian and South African universities and public research institutions
\nto liase with South African researchers and Italian researcher locally employed by South African institutions to support mobility, cooperation and joint research projects between the two countries.<\/p>\n
These activities, whenever appropriate, must be promoted in cooperation with the local Italian Institute of Culture, the Italian Trade Agency, the local Italian-South African Chamber of Trade and Industries and the Embassy\u2019s trade office.<\/p>\n
The S&T attach\u00e9s, who operate in 20 countries, are usually selected among the scientists employed by the Italian public research institutes and universities.<\/p>\n
The Italian S&T institutional framework<\/p>\n
The Italian S&T system is formed by a considerable number of public entities whose management is ensured and regulated by a few ministries:<\/p>\n
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
\nMinistry of Education, University, and Research (MIUR)
\nMinistry of Cultural Heritage, Activities, and Tourism
\nMinistry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
\nMinistry of Health
\nMinistry of Economic Development<\/p>\n
The main public S&T research institutes and entities managed by the MIUR are:<\/p>\n
National Council on Research (CNR)
\nItalian Space Agency (ASI)
\nNational Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN)
\nNational Institute of Astrophysics (INAF)
\nNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
\nNational Institute of Research in Metrology (INRIM)
\nNational Institute of Oceanography and applied Geophysics (OGS)<\/p>\n
Additional national institutes relevant to national and international S&T cooperation are:<\/p>\n
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
\nNational Institute of Mathematics (INDAM)
\nNational Institute of Health (ISS) – Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)
\nNational Institute for Environmental Research and Protection (ISPRA)<\/p>\n
Useful links:<\/p>\n
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation \u2013 Servizio Netvibes \u201cScience Diplomacy\u201d
\nResearchitaly \u2013 Italian research just a click away
\nThe Italian S&T Information Network (RISET)
\nInnovitalia \u2013 Italian research across the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION The cooperation between Italy and South Africa in Science and Technology (S&T) is regulated by the bilateral cooperation agreement signed in Pretoria on the 15th of January 1998. The strategic S&T areas of cooperation are: Physics, Astrophysics and Radio-Astronomy Information Communication Technology Biotechnology Nanotechnology and New Advanced Materials Medicine and Health […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambpretoria.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}