The Euro-Asian Center for Policy Studies and Management (ERUSMA) is a non-profit center for political studies which was founded in Rome, Italy in 2005. ERUSMA has its regional office in Manila, Philippines. This organization was conceived by a group of institutions and experts of politics from Asia and Europe, in order to combine Euro-Asiatic knowledge, resources and experiences with the aim of dealing with existing and emerging socio-economic issue. The main objectives of the Center are: increase the assistance to the developing world – the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign and the renewed resolutions of OECD and G8 countries have raised the attention toward development cooperation, especially in Africa; a stronger partnership between public and private sector is fundamental, in fact, the private sector is becoming central to the achievement of advocacy policies, which promote growth and help developing countries to compete at global level, in order to rise up against poverty and provide better services, health and better living conditions.

 

Activities

• Organization of regional and international seminars
• Promotion of partnership amongst Institutions
• Programme and project design and formulation
• Publications and dissemination of information and knowledge
• Training for economic analysis and analysis of food quality and safety regulations relevant to international agri-food trade

 

Applied policy research

• Alternative policy and programme options to mitigate poverty, incidence and risks of marginalization of community, regions and country in the context of globalisation with focus on enhancing private sector participation
• Improving policy environment for equitable gain from market access and globalisation, including governance for agriculture and rural development
• Impact of international conventions and multilateral agreements on poverty, food security
• Technology management and adoption
• Policy for a biosecure agriculture