Il Novecento nell’analisi dell’ambasciatore Calvetta

Marco Mayer - E’ stato presentato ieri, presso il circolo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri, il libro dell’ambasciatore Giuseppe Calvetta ”Le rivoluzioni del Novecento – Un secolo attraverso lo sguardo di un diplomatico”. A discuterne con l’autore, il Prof. Anton Giulio de Robertis. Il dibattito è stato condotto dall’Ambasciatore Umberto Vattani. Sono intervenuti due docenti di Fisica, i Professori Filippo Menzinger di Preussenthal e Massimo Conti, per gli aspetti scientifici del pensiero del Novecento.

Non c’è democrazia senza cyber security: ecco le sfide degli Stati

Marco Mayer - Per proteggere il cittadino (e la democrazia) ed evitare nuovi totalitarismi è necessario estendere al mondo digitale i paradigmi della sicurezza. Questo richiede un serio impegno da parte degli Stati, ma anche la stretta collaborazione tra Istituzioni, Università e imprese. Una sfida impegnativa ma imprescindibile.

The resource gap between international commitments and reality

Arturo Di Corinto, Andrea Cairola, Giacomo Mazzone, Lea Melandri, Roberto Masotti - The 47 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) activists: the right to health, education and culture; the socioeconomic empowerment of women using the internet; the inclusion of rural and indigenous communities in the information society; and the use of ICT to combat the marginalisation of local languages.

The Rural-Urban Food Systems’ Links with the Agenda 2030: From FAO Guidelines on Food Supply and Distribution Systems to a Dairy Sector Application in the Area of Bogota

Armenia S, Pompei A, Castaño Barreto A C, Atzori A S and Fonseca J M - What should be the policy to meet urban food needs in developing countries and those in transition? This is a key question of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which was posed into the “FAO’s methodological and operational guide to study and understand Food Supply and Distribution Systems (FSDS) to cities in developing countries and countries in transition” in order to face the current over whelming increase of urban population and the increasing urbanization pressures on food systems.

Nobody deserves this fate: the vicious cycle of low human development in Guinea-Bissau

BassiroSó, Eduardo Ferreira Franco, Hamilton Coimbra Carvalho, Joaquim Rocha dos Santos, Stefano Armenia - This paper aims to understand and explore the causal relationship of elements responsible for the macro vicious cycle of poverty in Guinea-Bissau, and discuss policies to break it. The study presents a critical stance towards common recommendations from international agencies, and it provides a blueprint for development of more effective public policies.

Model-based Governance for Smart Organizational Future

NONINO, ARMENIA, DOMINICI - The book series "Business Systems" publishes research and essays, coming from the scientific and consulting activity of the members of the nonprofit scientific organisation Business Systems Laboratory (Italy) as well as from invited well-known scientists in the business systems field. The book series aims to attract the cutting-edge research at international level and to make it available for academics and practitioners.

Studying pension systems and retirement age: a simple system dynamics model for a complex issue

Georgios Tsaples; Stefano Armenia - One of the most challenging issues that policy makers will face in the near future is population ageing and its consequences in pension systems. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the effect of the increase in the retirement age on the pension scheme of Greece, by also taking into account social unrest that can inhibit the policy implementation.

Systemic Analysis of Food Supply and Distribution Systems in City-Region Systems—An Examination of FAO’s Policy Guidelines towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems

Armendariz V, Armenia S, Atzori A S - The world is continuously transforming to supply growing cities and urbanization processes are still driving important changes in our current food systems. Future sustainability constraints are emphasizing that Food Supply and Distribution Systems (FSDS) are deeply embedded in city-region systems with specific technical and socio-ecological characteristics.