(1 July 2016) The educational and research relationship between Pisa and Beijing continues to grow stronger. The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the academic and institutional system in China is stronger thanks to an innovative bilateral agreement for cooperation in the field of training with Police Academy. The signing of the agreement will take place at the first ever meeting between 30 Italian and Chinese International Law on Monday July 4 to Tuesday July 5 in Pisa. It is a milestone for the cooperation between the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the Chinese Police Academy signed in July by Dean Pierdomenico Perata and the President of the Chinese Li Lemin General Police Academy. It relates to the exchange of teaching staff and students, assistance in planning and organising learning activities, initiating research projects and joint conferences. The deal comes at the conclusion of a three-year cooperation with the Chinese Academy. During this time, Professors of Sant Anna have carried out training activities in China while the Academy’s staff has visite on several occasions the University of Pisa sometimes for relatively long research periods to further specalise. The Chinese Police Academy also include fire department, the Chinese border police, the Chinese peacekeepers and they also organise hundreds of courses for several thousand agents and Chinese officials. (Red)
