Venice International University_TEN Center

The Thematic Environmental Networks center (TEN) is a research and training center for the promotion of Sustainable Development among international experts, researchers, policy makers and graduate students. The mission of the Center is to foster an interdisciplinary approach in Sustainability issues in cooperation with the academic, industrial and public sector. Green Economy, Environmental Policy and Environmental Protection are the focus areas of TEN research programs. Capacity building, Knowledge sharing and Dissemination are the main activities carried out by the TEN Center.
www.univiu.org/ten

Agroinnova, University of Turin

AGROINNOVA is a Centre of Competence of the University of Turin. Agroinnova networks the knowledge acquired in the agro-environmental and agro-food sector by public and private, Italian and foreign researchers in order to carry out basic and applied research projects, technology transfer and higher education at the national and international levels on highly topical issues. Agroinnova's activity involves not only Universities and Research Centers, but also enterprises and Institutions and has specific aims for them.
www.unito.it/agroinnova

Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for Environmental Protection

The Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for Environmental Protection (SICP) is a bilateral cooperation project launched in 2001 by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS), the State Environmental Protection Administration of China, now Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), and the Italian Trade Commission of Beijing (ICE Beijing). The aim is to support the People's Republic of China in implementing sustainable development policies for environmental protection, through the promotion of cooperation projects between the two countries.
www.sinoitaenvironment.org
www.minambiente.it
www.italtrade.com

Enel Foundation

The Enel Foundation is a non-profit entity, entirely funded by the Enel Group, devoted to research and studies, institutional capacity building and knowledge dissemination. The foundation's main aim is to contribute to the growth of knowledge in the field of energy, socio-economics, sustainable development and innovation at both national and international levels. It promotes synergies between the Enel Group and other institutions, research organizations and opinion leaders.
Since 2012, the Enel Foundation has been part of the Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection Training Program by participating in courses focusing on energy, low carbon economy and climate change, organized in conjunction with MEP, BMEPB, SEPB, MOST and NDRC.
www.enelfoundation.org

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is the highest academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences as well as a national center for comprehensive studies in the People's Republic of China. It undertakes key state-research projects in light of China's national conditions, economic and social development strategies and trends.
www.cass.net.cn

Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection

The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) was set up in March 2008 to replace the State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA) in accordance with the Government Reshuffle Plan of the State Council approved by the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC).
MEP is in charge of formulating environmental protection guideline, policy and law, and deals with global affairs of environmental protection.
www.mep.gov.cn

Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China is a central government agency under the Chinese State Council, responsible for the nation's science and technology activities. Among MOST responsibilities are: to formulate national medium and long-term development plan and annual progress plans for civil science and technology; to promote the national science and technology innovation system and improve the national science and technology innovation capacity; to research and set forth guidelines, policies and measures for the reform in the science and technology system.
www.most.gov.cn

Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau

The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (BMEPB) is directly under the Beijing Municipality and is in charge of Beijing municipal environment protection plans, including transportation, environmental impact assessment, pollution monitoring of air, water, soil, noise, solid wastes, toxic chemicals, vehicles, etc.
www.ebeijing.gov.cn

Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau

The Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau (SEPB) is directly under the Shanghai Municipality and is in charge of Shanghai environmental protection issues including the formulation of environmental protection plans, provisions and regulations, implementation of Shanghai environmental protection law, environmental education, and persuasion of the public and non-governmental organizations to participate in environmental protection activities.
www.shanghai.gov.cn

Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission

The Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission (TSTC) is directly under the Tianjin Municipality and is in charge of carrying out the state Sci-Tech principles, policies, laws and regulations and of working-out the Sci-Tech development strategy, guideline, and policies of the City, as well as to study and analyze major issues about science and technology promoting economic and social development.
www.tstc.gov.cn

National Development and Reform Commission

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is a macroeconomic management agency under the Chinese State Council, which studies and formulates policies for economic and social development, maintains a balance of economic aggregates and guides the overall restructuring of the economic system. NDRC is in charge of the formulation and implementation of strategies for national economic and social development, of annual and long-term plans, industrial policies and price policies; the promotion of the economic system restructuring; the upgrading of the industrial structure, the development of agriculture and rural economy; the formulation of plans for the development of the energy sector; the submission of the plan for national economic and social development to the National People's Congress on behalf of the State Council, in accordance with the Constitution.
www.ndrc.gov.cn

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Established in March 2008, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is the State Agency of the People's Republic of China responsible, among others, of the development of the national industrial strategy, implementation of industrial policies, promotion of innovation and energy saving in the industrial sector, as well as of the of regulation and development of the production of electronic and information goods, software industry and the promotion of the national knowledge economy.
www.miit.gov.cn