Integrated Promotion – “How much Italian economic diplomacy is worth”

Today, Rome’s Confindustria hosted the conference “How much Italian economic diplomacy is worth – The economic impact of the support of the Farnesina to Italian enterprises”, which was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano.  “The research study we assigned to Promoteia reported a truly positive impact on the support and […]

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Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 30 January: latest news from the world

Armenia: Yerevan hosts conference on photovoltaic investment opportunities  The capital of Armenia hosted a conference which targeted potential investors in the photovoltaic sector. The initiative, organised by the local Fund for Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency (R2E2) and sponsored by the Ministry of Energy, the World Bank and the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), focused on […]

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ACCREDITATION NOTICE – Minister Alfano’s Press Conference on the occasion of the signing of the “Fund for Africa” Decree (Farnesina, 1 February 2017)

ALFANO: “200 MILLION EUROS FOR COOPERATION TO FIGHT AGAINST IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION. Objective: Stop departures and suppress trafficking of human beings.” URGENT FUNDING FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE OUTER BORDERS AND THE FIGHT AGAINST IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION. CONFERENCE OF MINISTER ALFANO ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE “FUND FOR AFRICA” DECREE. On Wednesday 1 February, at 10:30 […]

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Guatemala – Architecture, “Building the Dream” with Andrea Maffei

The Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Guatemala City will host architect Andrea Maffei for a special lecture on 30 January. Mr Maffei will come from Milan for an event called “Building the Dream”, organised by the University Francisco Marroquin, in collaboration with the ICC. The Italian architect partners on Milan’s “CityLife” project with Arata Isozaki, […]

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United States – Italian Consulate presents Italy’s successful managers: focus on Luca Maestri

Luca Maestri, Chief Financial Officer at Apple, will open the series of lectures on Italian executives who hold prestigious positions in international firms. The event, organised by the Italian Consulate in New York City, will take place on 10 February at 6 p.m. at the Consulate premises. The series “Managers: from Italy to top global businesses” is […]

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​Accreditation Notice – Reminder: Conference: “How much is Italy’s economic diplomacy worth? – The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises” (Confindustria, 31 gennaio 2017)

Maeci       The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises” ​On Tuesday 31 January at 10:30 am the headquarters of Confindustria in Rome will host the Conference on “How much is Italy’s economic diplomacy worth? – The economic impact of the Farnesina’s support to Italian enterprises,” which will be attended by the […]

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CAMPAIGN FOR THE ERADICATION OF FGM. THE ITALIAN COMMITTMENT

Following negotiations, the first substantial resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the ban on FGM was approved by consensus in 2012. On December 19 2016 the General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a third Resolution on the issue, submitted by Gambia, on behalf of the African Group (Burkina Faso being the facilitator in the […]

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Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will host the  “Worldwide Ban on Female Genital Mutilation”  conference on Monday January 30 and Tuesday January 31. It is organised by the NGO “Non c’è pace senza giustizia” , in collaboration with the Ministry and the Italian Development Cooperation Agency. The conference is part of the […]

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Alfano: “This Europe cannot give lessons to the United States” (Corriere della Sera)

Donal Trump’s measures? “I wasn’t expecting anything different”. The European Union’s call to order? “We won’t accept impositions from anybody, least of all from those who don’t respect agreements”. While the world looks on what is going on in the United States and our Country is on the brink of confronting Brussels on our public […]

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Minister Alfano to hold institutional meetings in the United Arab Emirates

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, will be in the United Arab Emirates on 29 and 30 January where he will have a number of institutional meetings. “The mission to the UAE, performed concomitantly to the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two Countries, marks a new […]

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Farnesina to host the First Conference of Visa Offices Managers

The Farnesina is currently hosting  “La Giornata dei Visti” [Visa Day], the first conference of visa offices managers, which is being attended by the heads of the major Visa Offices of the Italian Diplomatic and Consular Network. They have been selected according to the complexity of the reality they work in (number of visas released, […]

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United Kingdom – The Italian Cultural Institute in London is hosting “Destruction/Reconstruction”

A photo exhibition by Daniele Molajoli and Flavio Scollo that depicts the devastation caused by the terrible earthquake which struck central Italy on August 24. The quake killed many inhabitants, disfiguring one of the wealthiest historic and artistic sites in the country. The medieval villages, the frescoed churches and the historic buildings have all been almost […]

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