I PARTENARIATI E LA NUOVA COOPERAZIONE UNIVERSITARIA IN ITALIA

The text serves as an introduction to the first volume of the proceedings of the VII conference of the University Coordination for Development Cooperation (CUCS), entitled "University Cooperation and the New Challenges for Sustainable Development" held in Naples from 21 to 23 April 2022. The conference has focused on the topic of partnerships as key operating modalities for the creation of processes of integrated and systemic development anywhere in the world, evidencing that the activities of Capacity-building, Science Diplomacy, and Open Science are fundamental in the relations between North and South of the world in the new global context.