The Palestine Academy for Science and Technology and the Italian  International Association UPM  Un Punto Macrobiotico have finalized implementing Ma-Pi 2 Diabetes Project (scientific project aimed to verify the effects of Ma-Pi diets as a therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus). The program, which was implemented during 26th Feb-20th March 2013, was carried out under the Umbrella of the ministry of Health. 28 Volunteers followed the control trial where the therapeutic foods made of organic product and vegetables that were donated by UPM and cultivated by Palestine Academy. 
The outcomes were encouraging as 100%   of the volunteers have experienced improvement in the glucose level in their bloods, and in the other associated blood indicators.
The second phase of the program is underway with participation of all volunteers and in cooperation with Ministry of Health. 
Some Photos from Cultivated Land
Some Photos during the Project
Some Photos After the Project for continuation

ITU has paid attention to All European Academies’ (ALLEA)international call for academic solidarity with Palestine. At the meeting organized by ALLEA Committee on Science and Ethics in June 2010 in Oslo, ITU involved in the initiative which aims to encourage and coordinate solidarity with high education institutions  in Palestine. Thus, Istanbul Technical University hosted the delagation formed by Secretary General of Palestine Academic for Science and Technology – PALAST) and representatives of universities in Palestine visited ITU on May 2, 2011 Monday.

Following to the third meeting of the Association of Scientific Academies and Councils of the Middle East Region, in association with the US National Academy of Sciences, a regional workshop on bio-diversity was held from 22-23 May 2000 at the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research in Sede Boqer.

In the 3rd project Meeting in Athens during 16-17 July 2009 it was agreed that the directory of organizations should be updated, the aim of which is to identify suitable/promising research organisations in the MPC and EU for joining the network and to record the capabilities of the identified research organisations in an EU-MPC Research Directory. Only organisations can apply for new projects, and this is why we are registering the organisational profile. Thus the MPC Directory has been re-organized to give focus on organizations,