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The Institute's international cooperation finds its practical realization in joint conferences, seminars, symposia, exchange of  students, as well as book exchange and assistance to foreign visitors in meeting people from academic, political, state and business circles of Russia.

June 2 2003 on the occasion of Italian National holyday – Day of the Republic the Institute of Europe, the Council of Social Studies organized together with the Institute of Political, Economic and Social Research (EURISPES, Rome) the presentation of the “Report on Italy in 2003. Analysis of Italian society”. EURISPES publishes such collective reports including contributions of economists and sociologists of lowers and historians since 1989. Abroad the Institute organized the presentation of this Report in Strasbourg (in the European Parliament), in New-York and Tokyo.

Opening the meeting with some research-officers, journalists and representatives of publics institutions and social organizations the Director of Institute of Europe Academician Nikolay P. Shmelev noticed that two Institute’s leaders signed the Agreement on bilateral cooperation which includes the publication in 2004 of the italo-russian collective research on the modern Italy.

The General Secretary of the EURISPES prof. Marco Ricceri and the chief of the Economic Department prof. Guido Corazzari told about methodological approach of EURISPES and answered some questions of those presents.

The Ambassador of Italian Republic in Russia His Excellency Facco Bonnety took part in the presentation of EURISPES’s Report.