Italian National Agency for New Technology, Energy and the Environment

Research and Innovation for the Sustainable Development of the Nation

ENEA is a public undertaking operating in the fields of research and innovation, with a view to promoting solutions aimed at enhancing development, competitiveness and employment, hile at the same time protecting the environment.

The Organisation is also entrusted with the task of seconding public administrations, especially by providing high-tech services in the fields of energy, environmental protection and technological innovation.
More specifically, as part of its expanded institutional role, ENEA is called upon:

• to undertake, within the framework of the National Research Programme and in keeping with Italy's EU and international commitments in terms of energy efficiency, environmental protection and technological innovation, concrete initiatives aimed at developing, enhancing and promoting research and innovation, especially through the setting up of demonstration and pilot projects;
• to support the implementation of high-tech production processes by industry in general and SME's in particular, especially by promoting demand for research and technology oriented towards enhancing sustainable development;
• to promote the transfer of technology and developments in the fields of energy efficiency and environmental protection to public administrations and businesses, particularly SMEs, in keeping with national and EU guidelines;
• to provide, upon request, specialist technical and organisational support to administrations promoting public initiatives at the international, national, regional and local levels, in all the sectors falling within ENEA's purview and in keeping with the institutional understandings reached with: the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific and Technological Research, as well as the Ministry of the Environment and other public administrations.

During CoastGIS 2003, ENEA presents its programme of activities "Study and protection of the Mediterranean habitat and coasts".

Some posters show the researches undertaken by the ENEA's "Marine Environment Research Centre" in S. Teresa (La Spezia), such as the "Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)" or the EU project "EUMAR" on the genetic biodiversity of the marine environment.
In the booth, other recent activities are also presented, such as the remote sensing technologies applied to the marine environment.

A video on Posidonia oceanica as an important environmental index is shown as well, while a Cd on the guidelines for the integrated coastal management, and another on the Geographic Information System are available.

ENEA
Lungotevere Thaon di Revel 76, I-00196 Roma
URL: www.enea.it