Cooperation Agreements
1. The Joint Declaration for Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technology between the two governments (Italy and Australia).
The Declaration was signed by the Italian Ambassador S.E D. Volpicelli and the Australian Minister of Science Peter McGauran on the evening of the inaugural IATICE meeting (25 March 2002). The Declaration aims to encourage cooperation in scientific and technological development in the following shared priority sectors.
- Agro-industry
- Automatics
- Health
- Information Technology and Communications
- Biotechnology
- New Materials
- Environmental Technologies
- Technologies for clean energy sources
- Oceanography
Furthermore, it encourages cooperative activity in the priority sectors defined in the European Unions Sixth Framework Program. It is worth noting that the declaration does not include budgetary provisions and does not foresee or outline jointly financed projects or research/ student exchanges.
2. Bilateral agreement between CNR and CSIRO.
3 Bilateral Cooperation;
Over the past 5 year the Embassy has promoted the Italian science and technology research system in Australia through various actions that have highlighted and given value to the areas in which Italy excels. We recognise the importance of continuously launching initiatives that systematically promote all the techno-scientific disciplines of joint interest in the relevant forums. The Embassy activity is dynamic and integrative and not solely defined by the seminars, expert visits or the student and research exchange programs it promotes. The integrated approach to science and technology cooperation is evidenced by the following four interdependent, fundamental initiatives;
1) ARIA (Associazione per la ricerca fra Italia e Australia) is a nationwide non profit
association of Italian, Australian and Italo-Australian scientists and researchers
that aim on promoting research ties between the two nations. There are 6
associations (1 in each states) and includes 200 members. Members range from
Italian citizens residing in Australia to those born in Australia to young Italian
researches, Phd students and scholarship holders conducting work in Australian
universities and research bodies.
2) The techno-scientific electronic review ‘ Bollettino della comunita’ scientifica in
Australasia’ (The Australasian Scientific Community Bulletin) and web site.
3) Expert visits and research exchanges. Over the past few years the embassy has
promoted over 50 exchanges in diverse thematic areas between Australian and
Italian Universities, largely thanks to Regional funds.
4) Conferences, workshops, shows and events that promote a dialogue between the
2 nations, encourage an exchange of innovation and assist in the
commercialisation of research results. In the past 5 years, over 50 such events
have taken place adding considerable strength to bilateral relations by allowing
more than 500 Italian researchers, teachers and business figures to visit the
Australian Research Bodies.
In such a discussion of bilateral relations, it is important to emphasise the role played by the Italian Regions. They have actively responded to projected initiatives by launching, (with guidance from our Scientific Office), a series of collaborative projects with Australian universities and research bodies.
Such projects stem from an increased drive in territorial marketing that aims to strengthen and promote regional structures (universities, public and private research bodies, science and technology parks, high tech business.)
The most prominent regions are Campania, Veneto and Lombardy; their involvement in Australia falls in line with the Strategic Axis VI of the Science and Technology Policy Guidelines 2003/06. The results obtained up to now, albeit with modest resources, confirm that the strategy works and deserves to be strongly followed for the purpose of the endogenous development our Regions.
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