CISP – China and Italy School of Policy

The China and Italy School of Policy – CISP offers advanced learning programs in Italy (e.g. Rome, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Bologna, Ferrara, Naples, etc.) on international industry, company strategies and government development policies.

The initiative – developed in 2006 at the University of Ferrara (Italy) as a hub of a wider network of Italian universities, research centres and scholars – has grown thanks to CiMET, The Italy’s National University Centre for Applied Economic Studies.

Started as a program for Chinese top officials and policy makers, it has then included also a second parallel curriculum addressed to Chinese managers and entrepreneurs.

Some numbers (since 2006)

600 +

Speakers

500 +

Participants (policy makers, academics, managers and entrepreneurs)

200 +

Hours of teaching, workshops, visits to companies and meetings wth institutions

70 +

Institutions and companies involved

Main topics discussed during our programs include:

• Strategies and policies for industry and sustainable development;
• Local development and global production;
• SMEs, medium-sized enterprises, clusters of firms and institutions;
• Innovation, research and competitiveness;
• Policy evaluation;
• Investment attraction policy;
• “Made in Italy” and “Made in China”;
• Intangible assets management and policy (at company and territory level);
• Industrial policy and firm strategy in the contemporary global market;
• “New industries”: Health, education, green, culture and urban requalification;
• Innovation in traditional and new industries.

The School programs include:

• Academic lectures;
• Special case studies examined and discussed with the participants;
• Seminars by government policy-makers and company managers;
• Workshops;
• Visits to leading Italian firms and SMEs clusters;
• Meetings with local, regional and national government institutions.