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Maria Cristina Russo

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Maria Cristina Russo
NationalityItalian
Alma materLibera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, College of Europe, Sapienza University of Rome
Years active1990 - present
EmployerEuropean Commission
Children3

Maria Cristina Russo is a Director for Global Approach & International Partnerships at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission. She has been in a similar role since 2013. Before that she had been Head of Unit for Policy Coordination, Relations with the European Parliament and the European Council and Member of Cabinet of European Commissioner Philippe Busquin.

Director for International Cooperation in Research & Innovation

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In April 2014 Russo organized the Japan participation conference in Tokyo to invite Japanese firms to the Horizon 2020, research and innovation EU program from 2014 to 2020.[1] In February 2017 she visited Autonomous University of Barcelona in collaboration with Union for the Mediterranean to present the Quintuple Helix Approach to Targeted Open Innovation in Energy, Water and Agriculture in the South Mediterranean Neighborhood (5TOI_4EWAS).[2]

On 28 April 2020 Russo opened virtual event of the Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership (AEIP) with objective to start and deepen cooperation between the tech hubs.[3] On 8 June 2020 she co-chaired video conference of the EU-Russia Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee focused on the implementation of flagship initiatives and joint priority projects, mainly related to research infrastructure, health and civil aeronautics.[4][5]

Education

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In 1990 Russo graduated from Luiss Guido Carli University (Political Science and Government) in Rome, in 1992 from College of Europe (EU Administration), and in 1996 she completed Law Studies at Sapienza University of Rome.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EU Horizon 2020 Japan participation: research and innovation program and Japan-EU Science and Technology cooperation". eurotechnology.com. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  2. ^ Barcelona, UAB-Universitat Autònoma de. "Cristina Russo, Director for International Cooperation of the European Commission visits the UAB". UAB Barcelona. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  3. ^ "Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership: Maria-Cristina Russo opens the 3rd virtual event | Leap4fnssa". Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. ^ "Research and innovation". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  5. ^ "COST at the EU-Russia Joint Science & Technology Cooperation Committee". 8 June 2020.
  6. ^ "MARIA CRISTINA RUSSO". Emerging Valley. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
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