DIPLOMAzia2 Activity Report

Diplomazia2 is framed within the program "Science for Diplomacy: Multi-disciplinary Training Program", and it is the result of closer and more mature collaboration between the Directorate General for Cooperation on Development of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the Italian Agency for Cooperation on Development (AICS) and the National Research Council (CNR). The specific objectives of the project are to foster the consolidation of the beneficiaries' expertise and knowledge, and to intensify the network of collaborations through new partnerships for scientific and technological cooperation between Italy and the countries of origin, via new collaborative research projects or career development. In particular, recipients of the initiative will be officials and graduates from Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia who will benefit from a cultural and professional development course organized by CNR on Environment, Agri-food Resources, Cultural Heritage