National Meeting of the Sector “Environment, including global change”, Palermo 5-10 October 2009

The city of Palermo hosts the National Meeting of the Sector “Environment, including global change” about Environment, Territory and the climatic changes in Italy in order to give a more effective interconnection between scientific research and political-social interests of the regions, using new types of information, divulgation and communication of the scientific knowledge and in particular about the its application sectors.

The meeting, supported by the Ministry of Education, University and Research, represents the natural prosecution and the needed extension of the Meeting of Ischia 2007 and, as for the first edition, foresees the participation of CINFAI, CNR, ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY, ISPRA (APAT), CONISMA, INGV, Meteorological Service of the Military Aeronautics.

Several personalities will take part in the Meeting including Prof. Franco Einaudi. Special sessions will be dedicated to young students and to the formation of new researchers.

The program is divided in 10 plenary sessions and 6 parallel sessions, there will also be relations on invitation.

Those who are interested to participate in the Seventh Framework Programme - Environment sector, can take part in the “Environment European Day” organized by APRE on behalf of MIUR on the 8^th of October at 12:30 in Palazzo dei Normanni.

The results obtained by the Italian participants in the past notifications of the FP and the participation modalities to the new notifications will be exposed. There will also be a debate on national and European research subjects and methodologies.

"OLPE" is an international shop-window of the Sicilian handicraft.

An instrument for promotion and sale, realized by the Regional Assessorship for Cooperation, Commerce, Handicraft and Fishing - Promotional Program 2006 - for the Sicilian entrepreneurs.

The companies that would like to propose their products have to fill in a form. The catalogue can contain not more than 10 products for company. It is possible to add promotional offers and to receive our newsletter.

COTTONET is the portal that gives information about the COOPERATION PROJECT between Italy and Egypt in the textile sector, clothing, accessories and home linen, co-financed by the Ministry of the Italian part : Ciem S.C.p.A. of Palermo.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Creation of a buying preferential channel of the Egyptian cotton
Development of a new product that mediates the styles of the two countries Italy and Egypt for a better positioning on the market. In particular the transfer of technology will put its basis on the mix between the two styles, the Arabian style and the Occidental one, on the line of the common Mediterranean culture, on the search of efficiency and competitive productions through the improvement of spinning, weaving, and dyeing more advanced techniques and of a different way to imagine and to realize the fashion products
Opening of a Services Center in Cairo, by the Fashion Design Center, and in Palermo, by Ciem S.C.p.A., for the technical assistance to the companies in order to offer services to the Egyptian companies in Italy, and to the Italian companies in Egypt, regarding any managing aspect related to the development of united projects of commercial nature between Italy- Egypt and Egypt-Italy