On August 1st, the President of the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, OGS, Prof. Cristina Pedicchio, and the Director of the Institute, Dr. Fausto Guzzetti, signed a three-year agreement of technical and scientific collaboration to execute research and technological development activities of common interest. The research topics covered by the agreement include the monitoring of landslide phenomena, the assessment of landslide risk for the population, marine instability and geomorphology, landslide susceptibility in submarine areas, the assessment of landslide vulnerability along linear infrastructures, and the use of remote sensing, optical and radar techniques.