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Scientists and experts from Italy and NATO partner countries helped to raise awareness of the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme and presented SPS activities in the area of cyber security and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence during an SPS Information Day.

Given the current security environment, engaging NATO’s partners is more important than ever. “By building partnerships along the line of science and security, the SPS Programme brings important soft power value for NATO,” said Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges addressing the SPS information Day in Rome on 21 October 2015.

Around 60 interested scientists and experts attended the event, which had been organised in cooperation with the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), the Permanent Representation of Italy to NATO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy. 

Ahead of the event, a new SPS project - led by Italy and Ukraine - kicked off to develop new, cutting-edge radars to detect landmines and improvised explosive devices. This new tool aims to be faster, more accurate, and less expensive than current technologies. It will help the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to address landmine problems, demonstrating how NATO is working with partners to enhance security through scientific cooperation. “Today, I would say, people do not know NATO. They do not know what NATO is doing for peace and security; that is why the SPS Programme is so important,” underlined Ambassador Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, former NATO Deputy Secretary General, at the Information Day.

The event was also an opportunity for current and past SPS grantees from Italy to speak about their projects and experience with the SPS Programme, focusing on cyber defence and CBRN resilience. Representatives from NATO partners Egypt and Uzbekistan also participated to present priority areas of scientific cooperation and to build networks with Italian scientists.

Italy is one of the most actively engaged Allied countries in the SPS Programme and is involved in numerous examples of fruitful cooperation.  For example, in a recently launched SPS initiative, scientists from Italy, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom and the United States join forces to study risks to the Enguri energy infrastructure in Georgia and their security implications.

The Enguri Dam provides 75 per cent of the electric power for Georgia and the SPS project will address a number of natural hazards that pose a real risk to the dam and could impact the energy security and economic as well as political stability in the region. By bringing together a number of experts from the Caucasus, Central Asia, Europe and North America, the project also helps to foster partnerships.

While in Rome, the NATO SPS Independent Scientific Evaluation Group (ISEG) also convened. Composed of around 30 experts and reputed scientists from NATO countries, the main role of the ISEG is to evaluate and comment on SPS applications. During their meeting the group peer-reviewed more than 40 proposals for new SPS activities that address emerging security challenges, aim to develop security-related advanced technologies or deal with human and social aspects of security.