Following its six-month presidency of the EU (in the second half of 2014), Italy is becoming an international venue for half a year for discussions of various global issues, primarily those concerning food topics – the EXPO 2015 international exhibition opened on 1 May 2015 in a suburb of Milan. The theme of this year’s ...
... universities interested in improving the quality of teaching and research into globalization.
President of Venice International University, Ambassador Umberto Vattani, stressed that Russia has always sought to preserve and maintain friendly relations with Italy, adding that the seminar serves to further both Russian–Italian scientific and technical cooperation and international cooperation between the two countries.
The project’s supervisor Andrei Melville talked about the difficult task of ...
On May 27-28, 2015, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad, hosted the second Russian-Italian seminar "Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching" with participation of eight Russian federal and national universities holding RIAC corporate membership and five Italian universities, among them V
enice International University
, University
La Sapienza
,
Bari University
,
University of Tor Vergata
and
Universita degli Studi di Roma 3.
The faculty of Russian...
... Roberto Orlando and Head of Russia Department at Italian MFA Maurizio Greganti.
The event participants focused on current aspects of Russian-Italian and Russia-EU relations in the Ukrainian context. Dr. Kortunov also briefed his guests on RIAC’s Italy-related projects and planned joint projects with Italian universities and think tanks in the near future.
In 2015, Italy celebrates the 70th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi occupiers and fascists. In April 1946, at the suggestion of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, Lieutenant General of the Realm Prince Umberto signed a decree declaring April 25 a national ...
On April 6, 2015, RIAC Vice-President Mikhail Margelov and Program Director Ivan Timofeev took part in a session of the Russian part in the Russian-Italian Civil Society Forum-Dialogue held at the Vnesheconombank and devoted to the discussion of ideas for the 2015 projects on top issues of Russian-Italian cooperation.
Mr. Margelov and Dr. Timofeev briefed the attendees on RIAC’s proposals for advancing the bilateral dialogue,
Globalization 2.0 project
and educational program "
Building...
On March 24, 2015, RIAC Director General
Andrey Kortunov
, RIAC Member
Andrey Melville
, Head of Political Science Department at Higher School of Economics and manager of RIAC project "
Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Teaching and Research
", and RIAC Program Manager
Tatiana Bogdasarova
were in Rome at the Italian Foreign Ministry club to hold talks with Rector of Venice International University Ambassador
Umberto Vattani
, Ambassador
Laura Mirachian
of the Universita degli Studi...
On February 10, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council held seminar "Higher Education for Greater Europe: Jean Monnet Program for Russian Universities" co-sponsored by
Erasmus Plus Russian National Office
and moderated by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev.
In his opening remarks, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov stressed that today educational projects on partnership and practices' exchange are obtaining special importance as they work to uphold ties between countries.
The...
In partnership with
Venice International University (VIU)
, the
Russian International Affairs Council
and Russian universities with its corporate membership are setting up the project
"Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Research and Teaching
" intended to establish a bilateral exchange connected to research and education initiatives on globalization and based on international, Russian and Italian practices. The initiative is supported by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In...
On December 2, 2014, RIAC Program Manager
Ekaterina Chimiris
and Program Coordinator
Anna Kuznetsova
made a report “Promotion of Universities in Global Internet” at the Russian-Italian conference
“Globalization 2.0: New Approaches to Teaching and Research
” held at the
Venice International University
.
The highly responsive participants, among them representatives of Russian universities with RIAC corporate membership and Italian universities, focused on promising cooperation...