| Name of the office | Directorate General for Resources and Training |
| Competence and tasks | The Directorate General for Resources and Training is responsible for the following tasks: a) ensures the planning and consistency of human and financial resources management; b) promotes organizational innovation and the streamlining and simplification of regulations and administrative procedures; c) oversees the organization of the Ministry’s central offices and the offices abroad; d) draws up the budget and deals with the strategic allocation of financial resources; e) ensures the fulfilment of statistics procedures falling within the Ministry’s competence; f) deals with the recruitment, management, and movement of staff; g) promotes the implementation of staff policies for equal opportunities and inclusion; h) deals with the payment of remuneration to the staff and provides reimbursement for travel and transportation costs; i) defines remuneration for the staff working abroad, as well as allowances and benefits; l) develops proposals for legislative and regulatory measures concerning staff and administration; m) handles staff disputes and conducts disciplinary proceedings; n) manages labour relations and supplementary collective bargaining; o) provides training and professional development for the Foreign Ministry’s staff, operating jointly with the National School of Administration to follow the preparation of those wishing to enter the diplomatic career. |
| Name of the Director General | Min. Plen. Patrizia Falcinelli |
| Position | Director General |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2433 |
| Email address | dgri.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.segreteria@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office I |
| Competence and tasks | Professional classification and legal status of permanent staff; remuneration limited to fixed and recurring payments; voluntary mobility and assignment; part-time work and remote working; authorization to exercise union prerogatives and rights; authorization for staff to perform paid or unpaid activities and assignments, as well as register of the activities performed by staff; Office for disciplinary proceedings and disciplinary matters involving permanent staff and other employees in service, with the exception of contract staff; calendar of holidays for foreign offices; authorization for external communications by staff pursuant to Article 148 of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967; committees for diplomatic career advancement; publications relating to Ministry staff serving in Italy and abroad; notifications to local staff authorities and individuals outside the Administration serving at foreign offices; seconded staff, temporary placements and assignments; Secretariat of the Board of Directors; staff evaluation systems and management of performance-related bonus certifications; supervision of the delegation of consular powers and functions to the staff serving abroad; awarding of honorary rank; awarding of honours to permanent staff; maintenance of personal files of the Ministry’s employees and their ID numbers; equal opportunity and inclusion policies. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Ugo Ciarlatani |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.3755 |
| Email address | dgri-01@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.01@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office II |
| Competence and tasks | Appointments and internal and international movements of permanent and seconded staff, including the European External Action Service; secondment abroad of Carabinieri and State Police staff, only for the decree-issuing procedure; definition of the staff for the offices abroad and special diplomatic delegations; assignments and short missions abroad; ordinary leave of the Heads of Mission; issuance of ordinary, diplomatic, and service passports, in cases not falling within the competence of the Minister’s Cabinet Office; accreditation of Heads of Mission and military attachés. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Renato di Porcia e Brugnera |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2439 |
| Email address | dgri-02@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.02@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office III |
| Competence and tasks | Definition of the remuneration levels of permanent staff abroad and the related budget estimates; Secretariat of the Permanent Financing Committee (CPF) and the Inter-Directorate Advisory Committee for the attribution of the status of disadvantaged area, particularly disadvantaged area, and extraordinarily critical area (pursuant to Article 144 of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967) and the benefits referred to in Article 7 of Presidential Decree No. 306/91; network of first-class offices and decrees defining the staffing of diplomatic and consular Missions and special diplomatic delegations; residual competences and responsibilities regarding the organization of the honorary consular network, providing advice to the General Directorate for Services to Citizens Abroad and Immigration Policies; establishment of special diplomatic delegations; implementation of the regulations on “Activities for the Promotion of Italy,” pursuant to Article 53 bis of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967: Fund distribution and monitoring of expenses incurred by offices abroad. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Francesco Canino |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.3707 |
| Email address | dgri-03@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.03@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office IV |
| Competence and tasks | Disputes of the Ministry’s staff and legal representation; legal issues and advice on staff matters; requests for opinions on staff matters from other State organisations; relations with the State Attorney General’s Office; bringing civil action on behalf of the Administration in staff-related proceedings; conciliation and arbitration proceedings; reimbursement of legal representation costs (Article 18 of Legislative Decree No. 67/97) and representation by the State Attorney General’s Office (Article 44 of Royal Decree No. 1611/1933); proposals for legislative and regulatory measures concerning staff and Administration; Secretariat of the Disciplinary Committee. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Emilio Riccardo Alessandro Giribone |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2407 |
| Email address | dgri-04@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.04@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office V |
| Competence and tasks | Planning of recruitment procedures; competition announcements and related tests; hiring procedures through district employment offices; career progression between areas and economic advancement within areas; operating expenses for committees; experts pursuant to Article 168 of Presidential Decree 18/1967; coordination of traineeships. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Cons. Amb. Lucia Pasqualini |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.3540 |
| Email address | dgri-05@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.05@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office VI |
| Competence and tasks | Planning and reorganization of budget allocations; obligations and procedures related to the preparation of the State’s General Financial Statement; coordination of economic accounting; proposals for legislative and regulatory measures regarding the budget and accounting; collection of debts settled by the Court of Auditors, following a conviction or other enforceable judicial order, against those responsible for damage to the State and Treasury; cashiering and management of travel tickets and other stamped documents. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Second Level Manager – Dott. Fabrizio Dattola |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2782 |
| Email address | dgri06@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri06@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office VII |
| Competence and tasks | Fixed and variable remuneration for the staff working at the Foreign Ministry in Rome and remuneration for the Ministry’s permanent staff working abroad, as well as experts pursuant to Article 168 of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967, and for other staff of public administration and public bodies possibly covered by the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, excluding contract staff, including disputes concerning the aforementioned remuneration; non-Treasury taxes and withholdings; issuance of certificates and fulfilment of other obligations and procedures provided for by Presidential Decree No. 600/1973. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Second Level Manager – Dott.ssa Simonetta De Marco |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.8454 |
| Email address | dgri-07@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri07.pec@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office VIII |
| Competence and tasks | Retirement and termination of service due to resignation of permanent staff; preparation of plans for the settlement and re-settlement of retirement benefits and severance pay; review and processing of claims for calculations, buybacks, aggregations and redemptions, and the allocation of pension increases, as well as for buybacks for severance pay; updating and reorganization of the insurance status of employees in service, retired, or moved to other Administrations; healthcare and insurance for staff serving abroad (Article 211 of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967), as well as supplementary insurance policies, allowances and benefits; extraordinary leaves and leaves of absence; sick leaves; procedures to ascertain physical and mental fitness for service and the entitlement to disability pensions; procedures related to medical examinations for sick leave control; paid leaves and benefits pursuant to Law No. 104/92; maternity and paternity leaves, parental leaves, leaves for child illness, and leaves for women victims of gender-based violence; compensation for staff pursuant to Article 208 of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Second Level Manager – Dott.ssa Giovanna Mura |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.4559 |
| Email address | dgri-08@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.08@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the office | Office IX |
| Competence and tasks | Transfers and short-term assignments for the staff of diplomatic missions, consular offices, and cultural institutes, as well as experts pursuant to art. 168 of Presidential Decree No. 18/67, and members of the Carabinieri Corps on protection and escort missions; Foreign Service Allowance (ISE) supplement for leave trips; business trips for diplomatic missions, consular offices, and cultural institutes; expenses for transporting the remains of employees who died in service abroad or their dependent family members or domestic staff; staff’s retention in service; expenses for missions in Italy and abroad; expenses related to missions carried out by special envoys and coordinators included in the Interministerial Decree for international peacekeeping missions; mission expenses for delegations of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; expenses related to participation in congresses, conventions, and conferences; mission expenses for special diplomatic delegations to which the financial management procedures provided for diplomatic missions do not apply; payment of subsistence allowances for national experts seconded “free of charge” from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation or other Italian Public Administrations; travel expenses for Ministers and Undersecretaries of State who are not Members of Parliament and do not reside in Rome. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Second Level Manager – Dott.ssa Paola Agresta |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.3484 |
| Email address | dgri-09@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.09@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Unit | Unit for Trade Relation and Statistics |
| Competence and tasks | Relations of the Ministry with trade unions; prevention and management of union disputes; negotiation activities, including supplementary bargaining and agreements on additional allowances and performance-related pay; implementation of contractual regulations, with specific reference to working hours; information and consultancy for the offices of the Foreign Ministry and its network abroad; coordination on union matters with other Administrations and with ARAN (Italian Agency for Collective Bargaining in the Public Administration); monitoring of the implementation of Law No. 146 of 1990 on the right to strike in essential public services; proposals for innovative solutions in terms of regulation and organization, service effectiveness and efficiency, as well as simplification; best practices. Functions performed as a statistics office pursuant to Article 4 of Legislative Decree No. 322 of 6 September 1989. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Min. Plen. Nicola De Santis |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2403 |
| Email address | dgri-ursi@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.unita-rs@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Unit | Unit for Contract Staff |
| Competence and tasks | Legal and economic status of contract staff employed at the offices abroad; planning and authorization of hiring and related procedures; definition of employment contracts and progressive updating to comply with mandatory local regulations; remuneration and ancillary costs; coordination and management of funding flows related to the salary accruals of contract staff; salary adjustments for contract staff pursuant to Article 157 of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967; tax, social security, and insurance matters; management of payment to INPS of social security contributions for contract staff registered with the Institute; analysis and payment of family allowances pursuant to Article 157-bis of Presidential Decree No. 18/1967; calculation and payment of the Decentralized Resources Fund (FRD) for contract staff under Italian law; Disciplinary Proceedings and Litigation Office for contract staff of the offices abroad. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Cons. Amb. Giuseppe Finocchiaro |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | 06.3691.2449 |
| Email address | dgri.upc@esteri.it |
| Certified email address | dgri.upc@cert.esteri.it |