Tunis, the monologue “Gli Altri” on stage

On Saturday, 26th of March, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tunis will stage a monologue enriched with images and music, recited by Rabii Brahim, an actor of Tunisian descent, and directed by Anna Serlenga. The performance is titled “Gli Altri” (“The Others”) and deals with the perception of others. It is staged by Corps Citoyen, […]

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Portugal, lecture by Giulio Vinaccia at Design Day

For the 2022 edition of Design Day, dedicated to regeneration, the Italian Embassy in Portugal has invited Giulio Vinaccia, a designer known for his international commitment to increase the social impact of creative industries. The winner of the Compasso d’Oro 2016 and of the World Green Design Award 2015, consultant at UNIDO and for several […]

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Cooperation: Sereni is in Dakar for the 9th World Water Forum and for bilateral meetings

Today in Dakar, Deputy Foreign Minister Marina Sereni met with the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Sahel, Mahamat Saleh Annadif. The talks focused on security in the Sahel, on Mali, and on the United Nations’ collaboration in Italy’s development cooperation projects in West Africa. In the afternoon Sereni, who is in Senegal for […]

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Meeting between Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Manlio Di Stefano, and the State Secretary for Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch

The Undersecretary of State, the Hon. Manlio Di Stefano, had a fruitful working meeting today with the State Secretary for Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch. The meeting focused on bilateral relations, the crisis in Ukraine and the reform of the World Trade Organisation. The discussion gave both parties an opportunity to confirm […]

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Vancouver, webinar on “Food security on Earth”

The Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, along with the local branch of the Italian Chamber of Commerce, has organised a webinar entitled “Food security on Earth: lessons from food production systems in space”. The webinar is one of the events marking the 6th Italian Design Day. The speaker is the architect and engineer Valentina […]

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Quint statement on Kosovo

France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States have intensely engaged with the governments of Kosovo and Serbia in the past months in order to find a pragmatic solution to allow eligible Kosovo citizens to exercise their right to participate in Serbia’s elections on April 3, 2022. We acknowledge that it is the […]

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Dakar: presentation of an Italian product that replaces cement

The Italian Design Day in Senegal offered the opportunity to present the fruit of Italian ingeniousness: ‘’Monolyto’’, a recycled plastic structure that replaces cement bricks. Manufactured in the region of Dakar from an Italian patent registered by the developer Maddalena Martigli, “Monolyto” represents an eco-sustainable and innovative solution that reduces the carbon footprint thanks to […]

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Lecture on the invention of the “Made in Italy” brand — Tel Aviv

As part of the 6th Italian Design Day, the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv has organised a lecture by Fulvio Irace, Professor Emeritus at the Politecnico di Milano, where he held the chair of History and Criticism of Contemporary Architecture. The lecture will take place on Thursday 24 March in Tel Aviv’s Beit Liebling. […]

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Cartagena — Pasolini retrospective at Film Festival

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian Cultural Institute in Bogotá has organised a retrospective of four of Pasolini’s films. The event was presented at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia’s most important film festival. The four films presented – Accattone, Il Decameron, Comizi d’amore and Porcile – […]

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Germany plans many initiatives for the Italian Design Day

The Italian Embassy in Berlin has started the initiatives planned for the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day with a debate on design, new technologies, and sustainable future. The topic was addressed by Marco Sammicheli – International Relations Chief Officer of the 23rd edition of the Triennale Milano and Superintendent of the Museo del […]

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ITALIAN DESIGN DAY 2022 – 6th EDITION

With the topic of Ri-Generazione. Design e nuove tecnologie per un futuro sostenibile [Re-generation. Design and new technologies for a sustainable future], the best of Italian design becomes the protagonist in over 100 Countries. With hundreds of initiatives carried out all over the world, the 6th edition of the Italian Design Day, an event first held in 2017 […]

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World Water Forum. Sereni: we must ensure women and girls’ access to water everywhere

Within the 9th World Water Forum, Deputy Minister Sereni spoke at the special session “Accelerating gender equality in the water domain: the way forward”, promoted by UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Programme. Deputy Minister Sereni said: “Within the line of action of Italian Development Cooperation, there are interventions aimed at supporting women in the poorest rural […]

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