Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
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BILATERAL COOPERATION
As part of bilateral government agreements, scientific and technological cooperation is carried out through the drawing up of protocols or working programmes having scientific, technological and socio-economic contents and goals related to research activity.
These bilateral cooperation agreements form a formal framework at an institutional and governmental level for the harmonisation of the general aims of projects, defined jointly with similar organisations of other countries, with national strategic priorities fixed for different macro-areas of activities.
This approach meets the need of reinforcing the coordination of research activities conducted by different actors, avoiding the futile and even harmful duplication of activities and thus optimising benefits for the national system.
The list of Cultural, Scientific and Technological Working Programmes can be consulted at the website of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
At the present time 27 bilateral agreements are in place in the scientific sectors within the competence of the Agency.
ENEA Bilateral Agreements
