Development Cooperation
The cooperation to development is that form of international cooperation existing among Countries (or between Countries and international organizations) aiming to the development of the global system, in particular of the “weaker” areas (Wikipedia).
According to the Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (MAECI), Development cooperation, as an integral part of our country's foreign policy, has two priority bases. The first is the need for solidarity in order to guarantee all the inhabitants of the planet the protection of life and human dignity. The second is cooperation as a way of establishing, improving and consolidating relations between different countries and communities. This peer-to-peer exchange not only increases the mutual knowledge needed to understand the real needs of the local communities, but also fosters relations aimed at economic, but above all social and human, growth respecting the environment and different cultures, aiming to protect water, food and energy, so as to ensure the growth of the well-being of populations and to pursue peace among peoples.
Italian development cooperation policy also aims to pursue these objectives together with economic, cultural and security diplomacy, consolidating the role and image of Italy in the world.
The DST has made Development Cooperation one of its priorities, strongly endorsing development in the broadest sense as a mean for growth in solidarity and synergy. The DST aims at achieving widespread well-being that is sustainable from all points of view. For such an achievement, a synergic commitment between the scientific communities in general and those engaged in the study of Earth sciences is fundamental, since the sustainability of man's presence on Earth cannot be separated from the research of effective keys to understanding the past, present and future dynamics of the planet we live on.
The Department of Earth Sciences has been participating in numerous projects and initiatives whitin this frame.
Project List (since 2018)
Project: I BACINI MIO-PLIOCENICI DEL MAROCCO CENTRALE: UNA COLLABORAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE IN CERCA DELLE NOSTRE RADICI
Funder: MAECI
Country: Marocco
Date: 2018 -2019
Responsible: Prof. Lorenzo Rook
Project: BUIA - UNA FINESTRA SULLE ORIGINI DELL'UMANITA': COLLABORAZIONE A SCAVI, RICERCHE E FORMAZIONE DI PERSONALE IN LOCO
Funder: MAECI
Country: Eritrea
Date: 2018 - 2021
Responsible: Prof. Lorenzo Rook
Project: DMANISI - VALORIZZAZIONE DEL SITO PALEOLITICO ATTRAVERSO COOPERAZIONE A SCAVI, RESTAURI E RICERCHE
Funder: MAECI
Country: Georgia
Date: 2018 - 2021
Responsible: Prof. Lorenzo Rook
Project: Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-hydrological Hazard at Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (Iran)
Funder: UNESCO TEHRAN CLUSTER OFFICE - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Country: Iran
Date: 2019
Responsible: Prof. Giovanni Gigli
Project: Reframing Heritage Education in Egypt (Re-HeED Erasmus+)
Funder: Commissione Europea
Country: Egitto
Date: 2020 - 2023
Responsible: Prof.ssa Veronica Tofani
Note: the aim is to help Egypt developing a study curriculum on heritage management
Project: Agua Futura
Funder: Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo
Country: El Salvador, Guatemala
Dates: 2018 - 2022
Responsibile: Prof. Orlando Vaselli
Notes: The project aims are: dissemination, training of personnel, and research in hydrogeological and psycho-societal fields. https://www.aguafutura-project.org/
Project: Ricerca e collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche dell'Univeristà Catolica del Norte di Antofagasta, Cile
Funder: MAECI
Country: Chile
Dates: 2019 - 2021
Responsible: Prof. Franco Tassi
Notes: Bilateral exchange of students and teaching personnel, organization of summer schools on volcanology and geochemistry.
Project: TAS /The Afar Stratoid)
Funder: MIUR
Country: Ethiopia
Dates: 2019 - 2022
Responsible: Prof. Derek Keir
Notes: Research activities on tectonics and volcanism in Ethiopia. http://www.afarstratoid.com/
Project: Ricerca e collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche dell'Univeristà Catolica del Norte di Antofagasta, Cile
Funder: FONDECITY
Country: Chile
Dates: 2021 - 2025
Responsible: Prof. Franco Tassi
Notes: Bilateral exchange of students and teaching personnel, organization of summer schools on volcanology and geochemistry. Research activities on active volcanoes and geothermal prospection.
Project: BrIta - (progetto di cooperazione tra Brasile e Italia)
Funder: Ateneo di Firenze (fondi internazionalizzazione)
Country: Brasile
Date: 2019
Responsible: Samuele Segoni
Note: transfer of know-how from Italy and its application to Brazilian case study, about the operational forecast of landslides aimed to the realization of alert systems and associated risk assesment
Project: 58517_INTERNAZIONALIZZAZIONE
Funder: Ateneo di Firenze (fondi internazionalizzazione)
Country: India
Date: 2020
Responsible: Samuele Segoni
Note: transfer of know-how about the operational forecast of landslides aimed to the realization of rapid alert systems and associated risk assesment
Last update
25.01.2022