This project assessed the contributions of Italy and the European Union to the functioning and reform of the UN security system and put forward policy recommendations aimed at increasing their role in the definition and implementation of the international security agenda.

The results were published in IAI Quaderni. English series n. 11, Strenghtening the UN security system: the role of Italy and the EU.

This is a follow-up of the research project on European democracy, launched by the IAI, in co-operation with Notre Europe (Paris) and the Centro Studi sul Federalismo (Turin) in early 2009, before the European Parliament elections. It analyses the Lisbon Treaty, whose implementation will hopefully result in a broader involvement of European citizens in the integration process, and its provisions aimed at dealing with the problem of the EU's so-called democratic deficit.

Through EU-Consent, this proposal has been submitted by the IAI to the 10th bi-annual EUSA Conference that will take place in May 2007 in Montreal.

This programme aims to analyse and develop satellite services for security applications within the framework of the third part of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) programme for the Security segment.

Partners:Telespazio (Coordinator). Consortium of European companies and research institutes with the principal aerospace industries. IAI works in collaboration with the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS, Paris)
Sponsor: European Space Agency (ESA)/European Union - 6th Framework Programme