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The mission to Albania of two experts from ARPAT (Regional Agency for the Environmental Protection of Tuscany) will be carried out from 12th to 19th February 2006, in order to provide the competent Albanian actors with technical assistance and to identify, design and realize a pilot system for the natural depuration of waters in the Narta Lagoon (Vlore Region). The mission will be realized in collaboration with the UNDP/GEF “MedWetCoast” project (Conservation of Wetland and Coastal Ecosystem in the Mediterranean Region), that has long been carrying out studies and activities to improve the environment of the Narta Lagoon. During the mission, the ARPAT experts will meet, among others, high representatives of the Albanian Ministries of the Environment and the Agriculture, the Vlora Region President, the representatives of the Municipalities surrounding the Lagoon and the representatives of the civil society. The Regional Economical Development Agency AULEDA will participate in the design and management of the Constructed Wetland pilot-project and has manifested a strong interest in implementing projects for local development, like fishery and sustainable tourism. During the mission a scientific committee for the project supervision will be established, with the collaboration of scientific institutions and technical local counterparts. A National meeting in Tirana and a press-conference for the presentation of the Constructed Wetland innovation and its implementation in Albania will end the mission works.

The President of Belvedere S.p.a. Mr. Renzo Macelloni and the Environmental Technician Mr. Paolo Ceccotti went on a mission to Colombia from November 11th to November 18th 2005 to present the innovation called Community Stakeholding for managing local services, in view of its transfer to this country. The mission began with a public presentation at the Externado University of Colombia, faculty of International Relations, organized by the Secretariat of the National Council for Science and Technology COLCIENCIAS. The event was attended by more than 50 experts in the management of public services of Bogotá. The delegation visited the Provinces of Vélez and Soto in the Department of Santander, which had expressed their interest in implementing the innovation. In Vélez the Belvedere experience was presented to mayors, administrators and local associations; in Bucamaranga, the capital of the Department of Santander, more than 30 professors of various disciplines attended the event. The mission ended with a public meeting in the Homeroom of the University of Bucamaranga, which was attended by more than 200 representatives of the public, private and academic sectors. The mission yielded very positive results. The Province of Soto resulted to have suitable conditions for the implementation of a public-private company for the management of wastes with the methodologies used by the Belvedere S.p.a. The local authorities required to implement the project. The Colombian and the Italian experts are already working to formulate it. Both Italian and Colombian newspapers published articles showing the results of the Belvedere S.p.a visit to Colombia.

On 12th December 2005, a letter of interest was sent to the IDEASS International Secretariat by the Albanian Municipalities surrounding the Narta Lagoon – north-west of the city of Vlore (Vlore Region) – to express their interest in the implementation of the Constructed Wetlands method aimed at improving the environmental condition of the Lagoon.

The mission to Cuba of Nohora Elisabeth Hoyos, Sigrid Falla and Cristina Colimón from Maloka, Centre for the rapprochement of kids and students to Science and Technology of Bogota, Colombia, was carried out from September 27th to October 2nd 2005. The aim of the mission was to assess the feasibility of a cooperation project between Maloka, the Cultural Centre of Sciences and Technology of La Habana and the “Oficina del Historiador” for the transfer to Cuba of the didactic methods and materials elaborated by Maloka for the dissemination of science. During the mission an intensive 3-day course was held in La Habana to allow the managers of the Cultural Centre of Sciences and Technology to identify the most important aspects to be considered in the designing and implementation of the project, on the basis of the experience gained by Maloka in its 7 years of activity.
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From 14th November 2005 to May 2006, the programme of the Italian broadcasting corporation RAI “Geo & Geo”, dedicated to the great issues of the planet and to the specific problems of our time (climatic changes, demographic pressure, natural resources, sustainable development between innovation and recovery of tradition, hydrogeological risk, pollution and traffic, water, etc.), will devote a series of special episodes to the presentation of some relevant innovations promoted by the IDEASS Initiative.
The following innovations will be presented during the broadcastings:
- Constructed Wetlands: Natural Water Purification System
ARPAT, Regional Agency for the Environmental Protection of Tuscany, Italy.
- The mother Kangaroo method.
Maternal and Nursery Hospital of Bogotá, Colombia
- Stabilak, for the natural preservation of milk
National centre for Plant Protection and Animal Health (CENSA), Cuba
- Integrating the practices of traditional and natural medicine into the national health system
National MTR Development Centre, Cuba
- BACTIVEC® Y GRISELESF®, Biolarvicides for the control of mosquitoes
Labiofam Institute, Cuba
- Biorat, natural biological against rats and mice
Labiofam Institute, Cuba.

The mission to the RASD of Mrs. Martha Pérez Viñas and Mrs. Nancy Cabreras (Centre of Traditional and Natural Medicine of the Cuban Health Ministry) and Mr. Mario Facchini and Marco Verdone (Association Raphael of the Region Tuscany - Italy) will be held from 12th November to 19th November 2005. The mission, which was promoted by the RASD Health Ministry, is aimed at analysing the possibility to include the natural medicine and homeopathy practices into the current health public services and to introduce them into the RASD national system. The mission activities will be carried out in collaboration with the UNHCR office in the RASD and with the national Health Ministry.

The mission to Colombia of the President of the BELVEDERE S.p.a. Mr. Renzo Macelloni and the Head of the Environmental Management System Mr. Paolo Ceccotti will be carried out from 10th to 18th October 2005. BELVEDERE S.p.a.is a public company promoted by the Municipality of Peccioli that uses a resource management model based on community stakeholding. The aim of the mission is to transfer this methodology into the Province of Vélez and Soto de Santander, whichy have shown interest in promoting a “public-community company” for the management of solid wastes. During the mission COLVIENCIAS will organize a Conference in Bogotá to present the innovation to all the national subjects interested in its implementation.

The joint mission to Cuba of the ARPAT experts (Region Tuscany, Italy), the institutions of the Guantanamo Province (Cuba) and the experts of the UNDP Human Development Programme was carried out from 27th september to 5th October 2005. The aim of the mission was to formulate a technical-executive project for the set up of plant for the natural depuration of water in the Drink and Soft drinks Company. The mission yielded very positive results.
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The mission to Colombia of Mr.Pastor Ponce and Mr. Luis Clergé from the CENSA institute of Cuba was carried out from 20th to 25th October 2005.
The aim of the mission was to present the scientific/techcnical and the functional/economic argumentations to introduce the use of the enzymatic activator for the conservation of raw milk Stabilk into the National Milk Regulation, which is currently being discussed by the Colombian Health Ministry. The mission yielded very positive results.

The biologist Beatrice Pucci and the engineer Riccardo Bresciani, two specialists of natural water depuration from ARPAT (Tuscany Regional Agency for Environmental Protection), will be on mission in Cuba from 25th September to 9th October. The aim of the mission is to design an executive project to set up a pilot system for the natural depuration of water in the drink Company of the eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo.