Who we are
IMC is a non profit NGO Research Foundation under Presidential Decree n.135, of 20 March 2003.
- 1988 founded as a partnership between a private company (MARE s.a.s.) and the Municipality of Oristano
- 1995 recognized as a Non-Governmental Action Plan Organization for the Mediterranean with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP – MAP)
- 1995 becomes part of MedForum (Association of Mediterranean NGOs for Sustainable Development)
- 1995 recognized as an I.R.C., a relay center participating in MED.IA: Mediterranean Innovation Relay Centre Array. This is a program created by the European Commission DG XIII, for the dissemination and optimization of research results
- 1999 inserted in the National Research Registry MIUR
- 2002 converted into a Foundation
- 2010 becomes a wholly public entity
- 2012 Sardegna Ricerche becomes a supporting member of the IMC Foundation
- 2012 The IMC is recognized as a research facility of the Science and Technology Park of Sardinia and qualifies as a “regional Research Institute “