London: #Italy4Art, starting again with contemporary art

Public diplomacy activities are resumed with contemporary art and the Italian Embassy in London will offer a series of initiatives, from 13 to 18 October, in connection with the #Italy4Art event. Kicking off with Spotlight Italia, a special project within the StART Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery. For the first time, StART has dedicated […]

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ArteOltreConfine: the call for applications for Italian schools abroad is now online

Launching the first edition of the competition to promote reflection on diversity via the works in the Farnesina Collection, the ArteOltreConfine call for submissions, for students of primary and secondary Italian schools abroad, is now online. This educational project is based on the reproduction – multisensory and accessible for people with visual disabilities – of a work of art from the Farnesina Collection.  Interested classes can register by 27 November 2021. The finalist works will be exhibited […]

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Melbourne: talking about the relationship between people and trees

Melbourne: talking about the relationship between people and trees On 15 October, as part of the Sustainable Development Festival 2021, the Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne is offering an online conference entitled “We are the Forest – Our special relationship with trees”. Giorgio Vacchiano, researcher in Forest Management and Planning at the State University of […]

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Tashkent: conference on renewable energy

A conference is scheduled in Tashkent for October 15 on the subject of renewable energy. It is organized by the Italian and British Embassies in Tashkent, jointly with the campuses of the Politecnico di Torino in Italy and Uzbekistan. The event, which will be attended both in presence and online, will feature well-known experts in the field, […]

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Brasilia: an exhibition on Dante and the eyes of Beatrice

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia, together with the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, on the occasion of the XXI Week of the Italian language in the world, will inaugurate on 19 October the exhibition “Dante 700 years: the eyes of Beatrice”‘, on the eighteenth anniversary of the death of the Supreme Poet. The aim of the […]

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Leonardo SPA on a mission to Panama

Trade development and the prospects of cooperation for the technological needs of the Panama Canal, the international airport of Tocumen and the system of logistics as well as physical and digital connectivity of the country: Leonardo Spa traveled to Panama from October 4 to 7 with these goals in mind, and the support of the […]

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Fund 295/73: 50 SMEs and MidCaps have exported capital goods for more than €350 million since the beginning of the year

Positive quarterly data for the Export Contribution on Supplier Credit from Fund 295/73, managed by SIMEST (CDP Group) on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Between July and September, thanks to this tool, 30 Italian SMEs and medium-sized enterprises (MidCaps) manifacturing capital goods were able to export to 22 countries for […]

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Uhruru Republic in Tanzania

In the framework of the Embassy of Italy in Dar es Salaam cultural program, Uhruru Republic Tanzania tournee has started last October 4, 2021. The Italian electronic music group, thanks to the collaboration with Dhow Countries Music Academy of Zanzibar, has created an original music that registered in a LP in 2020. This year Uhruru […]

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21st edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World

Thursday, October 14, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. the presentation event of the 21st edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World will be held at the Farnesina. The event will be opened by Vice Minister Marina Sereni, and will be moderated by the journalist, Serena Bortone. It will be attended by the Secretary […]

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Lusaka: webinar on natural resources management

The Embassy of Italy in Zambia has organised a webinar “The ART of managing resources: Land, Forests, Water: paths of cooperation between Italy and Zambia”, on how best to manage natural resources.     The webinar was attended by two ministers of the Zambian government – the Minister for the Green Economy and the Minister […]

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Cairo: a book on the Italian Embassy building

A book on the history of the building that is the seat of the Italian Embassy in Cairo, richly illustrated with an extensive set of photographs, printed by the Stabilimenti Tipografici Carlo Colombo of Rome in Italian and Arabic (but an English version is expected next month). The book was presented in the Egyptian capital […]

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Sereni attends the USAID-sponsored summit on Ethiopia

Today, Vice Minister Sereni participated in an informal ministerial-level summit on the conflict in Ethiopia and the humanitarian crisis in the country, organised by USAID and chaired by Director General Samantha Power, as part of a series of international coordination initiatives the US Administration on the ongoing crisis. “It is now necessary to make greater […]

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