science diplomacy
The main results and conclusions included in the report “Connecting science and diplomacy in Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries” - elaborated by the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Trieste in cooperation with the CEI-Executive Secretariat - were presented at the “Workshop on Science Diplomacy Training”, an event organised by t
On 25 and 26 March 2025, the CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) attended the “Global Ministerial Dialogue on Science Diplomacy”, in Paris at the Headquarters of UNESCO. The programme envisaged a multistakeholder high-level conference and a global ministerial segment.
On 21 March 2025, the CEI-Executive Secretariat participated in the workshop the “Role of Science Diplomacy in Water Supplies”, held in Venice in the framework of the UN World Water Day and the World Day for Glaciers.
We are pleased to announce the availability of 23 scholarships for researchers whose abstracts will be accepted at the 10th STS Italia Conference "Technoscience for Good". The conference will take place at the Milan Polytechnic University on 11-13 June 2025.
The participants in the inaugural Conference on Science Diplomacy (SD), held on 20-21 November 2024 at the CEI Headquarters, included diplomats, academics, and science diplomacy practitioners from across Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe.
The symposium “Science @ CERIC 2024 - Celebrating 10 Years of Scientific Excellence” was successfully held in Lecce on 16-17 October.
The 8th and concluding event of the promotional roadshow of the Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) in CEI countries was held in Podgorica on 12 July 2024.
In 2024, Dreamups - a company fostering startup growth to turn meaningful ideas into globally impactful companies - organised the 10th edition of its Upcelerator programme, designed to support early-stage tech startups.The programme was conducted entirely online and free of charge from March to June 2024 and aimed at aspiring entrepreneurs in Mo
“BSBF visits Croatia”, hosted by the University of Zagreb, took place on 13 June and was co-organised by the Italian Embassy in Croatia, the CEI Secretariat and the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia. Opened by H.E.
The fifth event of the promotional roadshow of the “Big Science Business Forum” (BSBF) – a joint effort of the CEI-Executive Secretariat, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and the BSBF organising committee - was held in Budapest on 7 May 2024.
The international conference, "Towards a Transnational Research Network on Solid Earth Science," was held in Trieste on 23 November, organised by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS).
Global interest in Science Diplomacy, both as a policy tool and a field of research, has been growing in recent years, also thanks to the support of the European Union and the establishment of the EU Science Diplomacy Alliance in 2021.
On the occasion the Italian Research Day in the World, the Italian Embassy in Slovenia, invited the NAMIRS Project partner OGS as a speaker, to discuss cross- border cooperation in the field of research in the North Adriatic.