{"id":392,"date":"2023-06-07T11:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T04:51:58","slug":"singapores-existing-st-relations-with-italy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/italia-e-singapore\/diplomazia-scientifica\/singapores-existing-st-relations-with-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore’s existing S&T relations with Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agreement and P.E.<\/strong>: The bilateral scientific and technological relations between Italy and Singapore are currently regulated by the\u00a0CST Agreement signed in Singapore on July 30, 1990<\/strong>, ratified by law of March 6, 1996, No. 140. A\u00a0bilateral agreement for scientific and technological cooperation<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0between the Italian Government and the Government of Singapore, which was subsequently\u00a0signed on<\/strong>\u00a0May 23, 2016<\/strong>\u00a0in Rome and, after parliamentary ratification,\u00a0entered into force<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0June 26, 2020<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After a negotiation between the parties lasting over two years, on October 7, 2022, the first call for joint projects was launched, following which 87 projects were received, of which 71 were considered valid by both parties. After the bilateral evaluation procedure, on May 4, 2023, the first\u00a0Executive Program<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was signed with the list of 10 projects that will be financed for the 2023-2025 triennium for a total equivalent to about 6 million euros. The topics included are: Artificial Intelligence, Foodtech, Health\/Medical (Cancer, Immunology and Skin Research), Hydrogen-related Research, Photonics, Quantum Technology, Robotics.<\/p>\n

Recent Institutional Visits<\/strong>: With the end of the pandemic, visits by Italian delegations to Singapore have resumed. Those of the City of Milan in December 2022 on the topic of food waste, a delegation of AIOP (Italian Association of Private Hospitals) in March 2023 with numerous visits to local medical and hospital facilities and that of Prof. Giorgio Metta, Scientific Director of IIT in April 2023 for a collaboration with A*STAR.<\/p>\n

Academic and Scientific University Relations<\/strong>: According to the\u00a0CINECA<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0website, there are currently\u00a0about 20 agreements in force between Italian universities and their counterparts in Singapore<\/strong><\/a>. The relationships with the “Luigi Bocconi” University of Milan are particularly good, which also hosts several students from Singapore. Recently, in 2022, an\u00a0agreement was signed between NParks and the University of Padua<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for a collaboration between their respective Botanical Gardens. In addition, in 2022, an agreement was signed between the Guglielmo Marconi Open University and the Lithan Academy within the framework of the digital MoU signed between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Scientific relations with research institutes<\/strong>: A\u00a0possible general agreement between CNR and NTU<\/strong>\u00a0is under preliminary discussion, and promising contacts have been initiated by researchers from other research institutes such as\u00a0INFN, CREA<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0ENEA<\/strong>\u00a0to develop shared research programs.<\/p>\n

Italian companies in S&T<\/strong>: There is strong interest from Italian companies in the S&T sector, especially in electronics, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, IT and telecommunications. The\u00a0Italian presence in Singapore is strengthening every year<\/strong>. In addition to the historic presence of ST Microelectronics, ENI, Finmeccanica, Leonardo, Saipem, Prysmian (ex Pirelli Cavi) and Perfetti have also joined. The acquisition, in 2011, by Menarini, of the Invida Group, leader in biopharmaceuticals in the Asia-Pacific region, for approximately $220 million USD. ENEL has started the procedures to realize its Innovation Hub. Ferrero has also recently opened a research and innovation center on food. Leonardo has expressed interest in a possible Corporate Lab in NTU.<\/p>\n

Italian presence<\/strong>: Singapore is a global\u00a0attraction pole<\/strong>\u00a0where a considerable community of scientists and researchers from not only the region but from all over the world operates (a number of Italians is also increasing, even if to a lesser extent than other European countries).\u00a0Many Italian researchers have reached prestigious positions in local research institutions and universities. A non-exhaustive list of Italian researchers and managerial positions held includes F. Mancini (co-director NUS-LKY school of public policy), E. Cambria (Provost’s Chair in NTU Computer Science and Engineering) , D. Lomanto (Director NUH Minimally Invasive Surgical Center), S. Albani (Director Translational Immunology Center Duke-NUS), E. Petretto (Director Centre for Computational Biology Duke-NUS), M. Alioto (Director NUS Green IC group), D. Campolo (Director NTU Robotic Center), F. Lauro (Director NTU SLIME), A. Romagnoli (Assistant Dean for Innovation and Enterprise NTU), C. Soci (co-Director NTU Centre for Disruptive Photonic Technologies), G. Pastorin (Assistant Dean Research NUS ), P. Magni (Deputy Dean Murdoch University SG).<\/p>\n

In particular, the \u201cItalian Bilateral Cooperation Award<\/strong>\u201d 2023 awarded to\u00a0Dario Campana<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the \u201cGenio Vagante<\/strong>\u201d 2023 award awarded to\u00a0Erik Cambria<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are noteworthy. In both cases, the research collaborations maintained with Italy were very important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Agreement and P.E.: The bilateral scientific and technological relations between Italy and Singapore are currently regulated by the\u00a0CST Agreement signed in Singapore on July 30, 1990, ratified by law of March 6, 1996, No. 140. A\u00a0bilateral agreement for scientific and technological cooperation\u00a0between the Italian Government and the Government of Singapore, which was subsequently\u00a0signed on\u00a0May 23, […]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":203,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}