Energy firm Eni and the LUISS Guido Carli University signed a three-year partnership agreement on Thursday to run a joint program of geopolitical training, orientation and analysis, Eni said in a statement on Thursday.
'The first area of collaboration envisaged by the agreement is the Sub-Saharan Africa Project, through which Eni will contribute to training leaders in Africa, providing talented young people with scholarships to allow them to access an outstanding education, through three-year degree or master’s courses offered by LUISS in Italy,' Eni stated.
According to the statement, this initiative will focus on analyzing the social, political and cultural phenomena that characterize the countries of the Mediterranean and Middle East, as well as their impact on the energy business.
Eni said that these are strategic areas for the company and the development of the global energy industry in areas where the company has a major presence in terms of its activities, expertise and state-of-the-art technology.
This new partnership between Eni and LUISS, lends further impetus to the increasingly international reputation of the university, which has implemented a significant Global Engagement strategy: it has 40 visiting professors, more than 1,000 students with foreign study experiences and 700 foreign students at LUISS per year, collaborations with 270 universities in 55 countries and 40 study opportunities, from double degrees to structured partnerships, according to the university.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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