CIRPS – Interuniversity Research Centre forSustainable Development

CIRPSCENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI RICERCA

PER LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE

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PERSCIRPS ACADEMIC COMPOSITION

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Siena

Molise

Lecce

eCAMPUSMilano-IULM

Pisa

Teramo

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CIRPS AGGREGATE UNIVERSITIES

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Members 245

Managerial Staff 35

Associate Members 60

PERSONNEL

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Mission

➢ Coordination and Implementation of Research Activities

➢ Participation to National and International Networks

➢ Scientific and Technical Support to Public and Private Institutions

➢ Promotion and Implementation of Sustainable Cultural, Social, Economic Ecological and Energetic Development.

Main Activities:• Research • High Education • Consulting Scientific

Services

MAIN INSTITUTIONAL AIMS

• Capacity building at academic and professional level

• Research, Development, Demonstration,Technological Innovational and Transfer(at international level)

• Network management (both academic and PPP)

• International Development Cooperation

• SUstainability SCIence (SUSCI)

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WHERE WE WORK (1999-2019)

Argentina (13)

Brazil (3)

China (7)

Colombia (2)

South Korea (1)

Cuba (3)

Ecuador (2)

Egypt (4)

Japan (5)

India (4)

Malaysia (1)

Indonesia (2)

Peru (4)

European Union (28)

Serbia (2)

Montenegro (1)

Macedonia (2)

Albania-Kosovo (3)

Turkey (4)

Russia (3)

Syria (1)

Jordan (2)

Thailand (1)

Uruguay (2)

Venezuela (4)

Central Africa (8)

Horn of Africa (7)

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WHERE in EUROPE

• -Portugal -Germany

• -Spain -Czech Republic

• -France -Croatia

• -Switzerland -Slovenia

• -Austria -Albania

• -Great Britain -Kosovo

• -Ireland -Montenegro

• -Belgium -Bulgaria

• -Netherlands -Romania

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WHERE IN CHINA

Hong Kong

University of

Science and

Technology, Hong

Kong

Institute of

Electrical

Engineering of

Chinese

Academy of

Sciences, Beijing

“South East

University,

Nanjing

Technical

University of

Guang-zhou,

Canton

Xi-An University,

Xi-An

HUST- Wuhan

University

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International Network Agreements

CasalfaUniversitatesMERCOSUR

UNINET-ECA

IPI

Prof. Vincenzo Naso

SICASICA

Geographic and Thematic Sections

CIRPS is organized in both local/territorial and thematicSections:

•Geographically, CIRPS is present in 13 Italian Regions(Geographic Sections), including 25 Italian Universitiesand is connected to more than 150 all over the world.

•Thematically the disciplines cover the wide technological-scientific and ecological areas as well as the economic-juridical, medical-biological, social, psicological,humanistic and other area in 15 Thematic Sections

• Main Thematic Sections (multi, trans ed inter-disciplinary), often divided in Units:

-AgroFood

-Energy, Environment e Appropriate Technologies

-Modeling di Energy and Echo Systems

-Media and Communications

-Population, Health and GIS

-Health and Development

-Social Development

-Women Empowerment

-Employment and Social Security

-Consulting Services to SMEs and International Organizations

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ACADEMIC COURSES

PhD Courses

➢PhDEnergy and Environmental Technologies

➢PhDInternational Co-operation for Sustainable Development

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ACADEMIC COURSES

Post-graduate Courses

➢ InternationalCo-operation and Project Design

➢ Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies

➢ Energy and Environment Management

➢ Environment and climate change

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HIGH EDUCATION COURSES

Vocational Training Courses

➢Global Management Program

➢Budget Manager

➢Evaluators of EU Projects on Environment and Energy Issues

➢GAmE: Journalist for Energy and Environment

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HIGH EDUCATION COURSES

– NEBAME

– MASTER COURSE IN EMERGENCY ON FIELD AND HUMANITARIAN AID INTERVENTIONS

– MEDCAMPUS PROJECT IN MOROCCO/TUNISIA/EGYPT

– TEMPUS MANSUR PROJECT (JORDAN)

– ICARE EU PROJECT (“ONE CIRPS IN CHINA”)

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CIRPS Expertise in ENERGY FIELD

➢ Sustainability Science and International Cooperation

➢ Energy conservation and sustainability

➢ Energy conventional systems and their environmental impact

➢ Renewable energy technologies

➢ Energy sustainable cycles: management, rational use and efficiency; energy in buildings

➢ Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and closed cycle systems

➢ Sustainable mobility

➢ Kyoto protocol, CDM and CSS

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SOME CIRPS PROJECTS

➢ PoloIdrogeno Lazio Region➢ Technologies and Innovative Processes to face

Transition and prepare the Future of the Hydrogen System (TEPSI)

➢ Human-Oriented Sustainable Transport Mean (HOST)➢ Biowaste and algae knowledge for the production of 2nd

generation biofuels (BioWalk4biofuels)➢ Network of Balkan and Mediterranean Administrators

(NeBaMe)➢ High-level training of officials of Mercosur countries

(Mercosur)➢ UNIversity PArtnership for Sustainable Development

(Unipasud)➢ International Academic Co-operation of Management of

Energy and Environment between Italian and Chinese Universities (IACOMEE)

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PoloIdrogeno LazioRegion➢ Aims

• Create and manage a Center of excellence for Lazio SMEs with high technology vocation in clean energy and hydrogen technologies

➢ Actions• Research• Technology Transfer• Training and Information

➢ Budget• 3M€/year (2007-09) ; 1M€/year (2010-12)

➢ Location• Civitavecchia, Rome

Research Topics

➢ Stationary• High Temperature Fuel Cells• Electrolysis Fed by Renewable and Low Temperature Fuel Cells• Hydrogen Storage• Multi - generation from biomass and Hydrogen technologies

➢ Mobility• Bus H2

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TEPSI Project

➢ The project is divided in 3 main Sections

1. Hydrogen production via thermo-chemical processes fed by solar energy

2. Hydrogen production via coal gasification with integrated energy production and CO2 sequestration

3. Development of innovative materials for hydrogen storage

➢ Partners of the Project

• CIRPS (Project Coordinator)

• ENEA (National Institution for Environment and Energy)

• 12 Italian Universities

• Ansaldo Ricerche S.r.l.

➢ Project Funded by Educational MinistryTotal budget 15 M€ in 5 years

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HOST Project

Car sharing Garbage collection Freight distribution

6th Framework Programme of European

Commission – Mobility

➢Sustainable Surface Transport priority

➢ January 2007 – June 2014

➢11 European partners

➢Budget: 3.2 M€

➢More info: http://www.cirps.it/en/host-

project/

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BioWalk4biofuels

7th Framework Programme of European Commission – Energy

➢ Aims• to improve the know-how about a “new” bio-fuel production, in

particular regarding 2nd generation bio-fuels: the use of bio-waste as a feedstock and of algae as a catalyst for producing bio-fuels

➢ Strategic actions• Research• Demonstrative initiative

➢ Partnership• CIRPS (Coordinator)• 11 partner (Research Institutes in Italy, India, Denmark,

Sweden and Spain)

➢ Budget• 3.9 M€ for four years

➢ Location• Sicily

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NEBAME

➢ Aims

• Strengthening the understanding of beneficiaries, in order to facilitate integration in the Mediterranean Basin on the following subjects: Central and Local Governance, Environmental Protection Policies, Immigration and Employment Policies.

➢ Strategic actions

• On line and off line Training courses

• Internships in Italian Regions

➢ Budget

• 0,6M€/year for three years

➢ Location

• Italy/Balcanic country/ Mediterranean Countries

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MERCOSUR

➢ Aims

• To provide high-level training of 65 officials with the aim of facilitating the integration among the 4 countries of Mercosur

➢ Strategic actions (2010-2020)

• Management of the project and Logistics

• High level training and e-learning

• Provision of experts

• Analysis and research

➢ Budget

• 1,4 M€ for eight years

➢ Location

• Mercosur

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UNIPASUD➢ Aims

• To promote the exchange of Indonesian, Italian and Portuguese young scientists and researchers devoted to the study of energy and environmental issues, in view of creating a longer-term partnership among the three institutions involved in the UNIPASUD project

➢ Strategic actions

• Upgrading of skills of young scientists, researchers and future teaching staff

• Realization of thematic workshop

• Creation of a "Centre of reference" between the three Universities on climate change, sustainable development and flexibility mechanisms of Kyoto protocol

➢ Budget

• 3M€ for three years

➢ Location

• Indonesia, Portugal and Italy

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IACOMEE

➢ Aims

• To develop a teaching programme of an International Master Degree on Management of Energy and Environment co-training Asian postgraduate students at South East University and Xi’an University of Technology and to develop contacts and common research activities among specialists and postgraduate students coming from various research departments

➢ Strategic actions

• Training

• research

➢ Budget

• 1.5M€ for three years

➢ Location

• China and Italy

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

➢ANDENERGY - Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE), development of an innovative energy Plan for Andean communities (Peru and Ecuador)

➢Renewable Energies in Rural and Conflict Areas (Micro Hydro Plant, La Realidad – Chiapas, Mexico)

➢Sustainable Water Treatment Plant (Bassora, Iraq)

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REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY

➢Solar thermal plants (Rebibbia Jail project - the largest plant in Italy, 2010)

➢Solar Desalination Studies and Prototypes Development