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Anna Lindh Foundation

Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo - ISMED (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) National Reseache Council

National Network

Italy

Address

Via Pietro Castellino 111 80134 Naples Italy

Country

Italy

City

Naples

Street address 2

Via Pietro Castellino 111

Mobile Phone

00393470810842

Telephone

0039.081.6134086

E-Mail

paola.avallone@ismed.cnr.it

E-Mail (2)

desiree.quagiarotti@issm.cnr.it

Website

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Year of Establishment

2001

Contact Person1

paola avallone

Contact Person 2

Désirée Ada Ludmilla Quagliarotti

Organisation Type

Public Institution

Fields of Activity

Research

General Information

I S.S.M. is a research institute and it has recently joined the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy. The staff is constituted by 41 employees: 1 Director, 1 research manager, 7 senior researchers, 18 researchers; 4 technologists and 10 technicians. The budgetary resources available in a year are about 36.000 euro. Other financial resources available come from italian and European projects. Issm organises conferences and seminars and is involved in several projects and human resources exchange networks. Tha main partners are italian and international research institutions, italian and international universities, public institutions and ONG.

Mission and Objectives

ISMED conducts research focused on the Mediterranean region. The main research fields are: • analysis of the socio-economic development; • environmental sustainability and economic growth; • long-term changes in the management and use of natural resources; • the Euro-Mediterranean policy and the creation of an area of shared prosperity between the EU and the Mediterranean partner countries; • economic sectors and technological transfer; • trade, finance and credit; • demographic growth and migration flows; • the role of public and private institutions in the development process; • urban studies, territorial imbalance and regional policy; • regional integration and globalisation. • the historical evolution of the Mediterranean region; • the interaction among cultures and people.

Main Projects / Activities

the main projects activities of ISMED are: 1.sustainability, natural resources management and environmental issues; 2. environment and security in the Mediterranean; 3. growth and convergence in the Mediterranean 4. development gap in the Mediterranean region: Italy and Mezzogiorno in modern and contemporary age 3. Institutions, economic policies and development in the Mediterranean region 4. the natural resources and the historical sources 5. mediterranean migrations: history and economics

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Our main contribution could be the identification of priorities and guidelines for national and european policymakers, research papers, publications in international reviews, organisation of and partecipation to international conferences, involvment in projects, training activities.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

to increase our partecipation in international networks and develop interdisciplinary research activities with the involvment of foreign institutes