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The Global Platform for Disaster Reduction,  biennial forum, organized by the United Nations,  to improve the implementation of disaster risk reduction strategy, is taking place in Geneva on 19-23 May 2013. The Mayor of Venice has been invited to present the experience of Venice.

The Master is organized by a Consortium that includes three European universities ( Università IUAV di Venezia, University of Sevilla and University of Azores) and several associated members such as UNESCO-IOC, EUCC and CORILA. The deadline of the call for application is the 3^rd of February.

NEREUS, in collaboration with Veneto Region and CORILA, is organizing a workshop on "EGNOS and Galileo for marine and maritime applications: opportunities and challenges for European regions" on 16th and 17th April 2012 in Venice/Veneto region. The workshop aims at raising awareness for the potential opportunities to exploit EGNOS and GALILEO technologies for applications in the marine and maritime sector.

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the City of Venice, in collaboration with CORILA organized the event “Building Cities Resilience to Disasters: Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change” which was held in Venice, Doge’s Palace, St Mark’s Square, on  19-20  March 2012.

The Venetian delegation, composed by the Major of Venice, Giorgio Orsoni, the diplomatic advisor, Antonio Armellini, and the Director of CORILA, Pierpaolo  Campostrini, participated in a roundtable of ministers and mayors of the OECD which was held in Chicago (Illinois) on 8 March 2012.

The "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry" Symposium will take place in Venice (Lido) on 24-29 of September 2012

The topic has been discussed in Venice on 24th - 26th January 2012, during the third technical and scientific meeting of the APICE project 

The proposal for a new EU framework for research and innovation, called Horizon 2020, has been adopted by the European Commission on the 30th of November 2011