New agreement between ANSA and Agency for the Promotion of European Research (Apre) Aim is to encourage Italian participation in European research programmes. Apre represents a sort of junction, Falzetti points out, 'between Italy and Europe in the context of large research programmes' There are many hot topics that will be developed by this and the next European Framework Programme, from Artificial Intelligence to issues related to privacy in medicine and science.

'Communicating will be crucial, considering that in the European Framework Programmes, Italy is always in the top five countries in terms of participation'