Research and development co-operation between Italy and Canada

Italy and Canada have stepped up their scientific co-operation by signing a series of agreements on research and development.
 
Italy’s minister for Education and Research Letizia Moratti and
Canada’s minister of Foreign Trade Jim Peterson signed the deal in
Ottawa.
 
“Aware of the positive contribution in
promoting bilateral and international co-operation,” reads a joint
communiqu?à, “Ministers Moratti and Peterson intend to develop further
bonds of friendship and bilateral relations in science and technology.”
 
Both ministers underscored that the purpose of the memorandum of
understanding is to encourage increased co-operation between various
research agencies on the basis of reciprocity of commitments and
benefits. They also highlighted the current state of co-operation in
sectors such as aerospace, nanotech, life sciences, information and
communication technologies, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
The existing relations have led to a number of specific agreements.
 
Aerospace
 
The Memorandum of Understanding marks the
beginning of a formal collaboration between the two space agencies in
the field of Earth Observation. The document identifies several issues
where co-operation will be developed through further agreements. In
particular, these include a joint mission in a strongly innovative
field, hyperspectral observation, that will multiply the quantity of
information that can be obtained from satellite images, with obvious
benefits in numerous fields of application. The mission will also have
significant industrial interest, both in terms of developing
intellectual property and know-how and of financial resources (the
mission should cost about ?Ñ200 million).
 
Multisector
 
Agreement between National Research Council
Canada and Italy’s Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. The agreement
signals renewed attention between the two Councils, following a long
period of relative stasis, and offers a reference framework to the
agreements on nanotechnologies (between the Institute for
Microstructural Sciences and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della
Materia) and biotechnologies (between Institute of Biodiagnostics and
CNR’s Istituto di Fisiologia in Pisa).
 
Info extracted from Corrieretandem
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Author: EARSC



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