Outreach

ICTP has a long tradition of scientific capacity building in developing countries. Over the last few decades, ICTP has supported numerous activities throughout the third world, including training programs, networks, and the establishment of affiliate centres.

Many of the Centre's activities in developing countries are coordinated by the Office of External Activities.

ICTP recently opened a South American Institute for Fundamental Research in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Centre is also very active in Africa; for details, please visit the Africa portal.

ICTP also coordinates education and training programmes with Italian and international science institutes. For example, the Centre's Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) gives scientists from developing countries, Central and Eastern Europe the opportunity to spend periods ranging from a few months to one year at Italian research laboratories.

ICTP's Science Dissemination Unit (SDU) researches and develops innovative, low-cost information and communication technology solutions for developing countries, and provides  ICT training.

To improve the communication capabilities of scientists in developing nations, ICTP has created The African Review of Physics to bridge the knowledge gap resulting from the inability of a large number of academic institutions in African countries to subscribe to leading physics periodicals.