The Platform for International Collaborations and Partnerships is intended to maintain and foster I2CNER’s international identity. The members of this platform, who are world experts, will continue to collaborate with I2CNER’s researchers from all three Thrusts. Since the Platform for International Collaborations and Partnerships and the three Thrusts are interwoven and the Thrusts’ themes overlap, this will be an effective way to promote interdisciplinary collaborations across the institute and the world.