| Name of the Office | Secretariat-General |
| Competence and Tasks | The Secretary-General directly assists the Minister in drawing up the Ministry’s guidelines and programmes; supervises the Administration’s activities and ensures the continuity of its functions and tasks, coordinating its offices and activities. The Secretary General is assisted by a Deputy Secretary-General who is entrusted with acting powers and, in particular, with the coordination of the activities of the offices aimed at promoting, within the Ministry’s areas of competence, the growth of the national economy and the Italian system. They make use of the units and offices of the General Secretariat. When the performance of the tasks and functions referred to in Article 6, paragraph 1, third sentence, of Legislative Decree No. 300 of 30 July 1999 concerns matters referred to in Article 5, paragraph 2, of Decree of the President of the Republic No. 95 of 19 May 2010, the Secretary-General shall also be assisted by the Director-General for Political Affairs and International Security, who shall be conferred the position of Deputy Secretary-General. The coordination function is aimed at ensuring, in various respects, the unity of direction, timeliness and continuity of the actions of the Administration’s offices in Italy and abroad, promoting the institutional communication activities of the offices in Italy and abroad, as well as simplifying the procedures falling within the Ministry’s competence and the relations of citizens and companies with the Administration, also through innovation processes and the use of new technologies. |
| Name of the Secretary- General | Amb. Riccardo Guariglia |
| Position | Secretary-General |
| Name of the Deputy Secretary- General | Amb. Carlo Lo Cascio |
| Position | Deputy Secretary-General with acting powers |
| Telephone number | 06.36911 |
| E-mail address | sg.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Unit for Simplification and Coordination |
| Competence and Tasks | The Unit assists the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General with acting powers in coordinating administrative activities and promoting a culture of simplification; proposes innovative solutions in terms of regulations and organisation and in terms of the effectiveness and efficiency of the Administration’s activities. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Min.Plen. Francesca Santoro |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | +39 06.3691.2050 |
| E-mail address | SG, Unit for Coordination SGUDC@esteri.it; semplificazione@esteri.it; |
| Certified e-mail address | ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it; segreteria.generale@cert.esteri.it; verificacertificati@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Crisis Unit |
| Competence and Tasks | It protects Italian interests and citizens abroad in emergency situations, also cooperating with other government departments and bodies. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Min.Plen. Nicola Minasi |
| Position | Head of the Crisis Unit |
| Telephone number | +39 06.36225 |
| E-mail address | unita.crisi@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | ministero.affariesteri@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Unit for Communication |
| Competence and Tasks | It ensures coordination of the Ministry’s communication activities: management of relations with the national and international press; institutional communication of the Ministry’s political leadership, in collaboration with the Ministry’s central offices and foreign offices; coordination of institutional communication campaigns for the Ministry’s initiatives and major events; strategic communication; institutional communication on digital channels and coordination of the Ministry’s visual identity; management of press aspects of events organised by the Ministry; issues relating to the accreditation and professional activity of foreign journalists in Italy; management of the website and mini-websites of foreign offices; preparation of press reviews; provision of goods and services in the field of information for the Ministry’s offices; relations with the Department for Information and Publishing of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and other public institutions in the field of communication; press training for offices and officials of the Ministry and its foreign network, in collaboration with the relevant central offices of the Ministry. |
| Name of the Head of the Unit | Cons. Amb. Jessica Cupellini |
| Position | Head of the Unit |
| Telephone number | +39 06.3691 2070 |
| E-mail address | stampa.farnesina@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | sg.stampa@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | Office of the Central Security Body – Main Special Secretariat |
| Competence and Tasks | It assists the security officer in tasks regulated by the Provisions for the Administrative Protection of State Secrets and Classified Information and Information for Exclusive Dissemination. |
| Name of the Head of the Office | — |
| Position | Head of the Office |
| Telephone number | +39 06.36915943 ; 06.36912194 |
| E-mail address | segr.ocs-sez1@esteri.it; ocs.absic@esteri.it; ocs.segreteria@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | segr.ocs_ssp@cert.esteri.it; segr.ocs_absic@cert.esteri.it |
| Name of the Office | National Authority UAMA |
| Competence and Tasks | Authority responsible for controlling the movement of armaments and dual-use goods |
| Name of the Head of the Office | Min. Plen. Giorgio Aliberti |
| Position | Director |
| Telephone number | +39 06.3691.3603; +39 06.3691.3605 |
| E-mail address | segreteria.uama@esteri.it |
| Certified e-mail address | uama.mae@cert.esteri.it |