ICPA - International Collaboration

NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR SOIL SCIENCE AGRO-CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENT - ICPA
Bucureşti

ICPA Bucharest

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

In the last years:

ICPA has established co-operation agreements with similar institutes in many countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States of America);
ICPA has established co-operation with European Soil Data Center ;
about 40 ICPA scientists have attended stages in these institutes;
about 50 foreign scientists have visited ICPA;
ICPA has participated in many international research projects;
ICPA Computing Centre provides agricultural (including food, fisheries and forestry) and environment information services - as the Romanian AGRIS/CARIS Centre in the FAO's AGRIS/CARIS network.

Collaboration interest in key words:

BIOLOGY/AGRICULTURE: Soil science, agricultural hydrology; Agrochemistry; Agricultural chemicals; Microbiology; Biotechnology; Biochemistry; Biological resources; Agriculture; Agronomics.

ENVIRONMENT: Soil science; Land use planning; Sustainable land management; Sustainable yield analysis; Physical geography, geomorphology, pedology, cartography, climatology; Irrigation; Hydrogeology, geographical and geological engineering; Environmental chemistry; Pollution; Pollution abatement/control; Erosion; Technological hazards; Desertification; Protection technologies; Biological pest control; Conservation; Soil conservation; Resource accounting/assessment/conservation; Wildlife conservation; Ecology; Environmental systems analysis; Environmental health; Environmental energy flows; Ecosystems modelling/simulation; Biological diversity; Biological interactions; Carrying capacity; Biogeochemical cycles; Environmental monitoring; Impact assessment; Recycling technologies; Sewage technologies; Waste management (nonradioactive).

ENERGY: Corrosion; Waste heat recovery.

IT/TELECOMMS: Information processing; Systems analysis; Applications software, Integrated software; Knowledge engineering/ knowledge based systems; Expert systems; Neural networks; Remote sensing; Image processing/ GIS; Integrated information systems; Programming services/ systems engineering; Consulting services; Data processing, analysis and input services; Databases and on-line information services; Computer training services.

Collaboration interest into the Key Actions of the EC's Fifth Framework Programme:

1. Quality of life and management of living resources:

1.1. Health, food and environmental factors
1.3. The "cell factory"
1.4. Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry, including integrated development of rural areas.

2. User-Friendly Information Society:

2.1. Systems and services for the citizen
2.2. New methods of work and electronic commerce

2.3. Multimedia content and tools

3. Competitive and Sustainable Growth:

3.1. Innovative products, processes and organization

4. Preserving the Ecosystem:

4.1. Sustainable management and quality of water
4.2. Global change, climate and biodiversity
4.4. Sustainable marine ecosystems

Target partners:

Organization Type:

research, consulting, technology transfer, education/training, others.

Collaboration Type:

Financial resources, Participation in call for proposal, Joint venture, Further research or development support, Marketing agreement, License agreement, Information exchange, others.

Countries/Organizations:

European countries, USA, Canada, Israel, Turkey, Japan, China, South Africa, JRC, FAO, ISRIC, WMO, NATO, UNO, IAEA, BERD, BIRD, WB, others.

Conclusions of the International Conference "Soils under Global Change - a Challenge for the 21st Century"

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