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    30 July 2019
    Farnesina and UNICEF to support minors in Eritrea

    “Building the resilience of children, youths and communities to prevent irregular migration” is the title of the UNICEF project worth almost one million euros that the Foreign Ministry financed through its Africa Fund. This project aims to improve the living conditions and enhance the level of education of Eritreans, especially minors, by offering more primary […]

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    In detail
    30 July 2019
    The Foreign Ministry supports women and young migrants in Niger and Nigeria

    The Foreign Ministry has arranged to make a 2.5-million-euro financing to UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, through the Africa Fund. UN Women’s projects will be carried out in Niger (for 1.5 million euros), through a targeted project to support women and young farmers in the Zinder […]

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    In detail
    30 July 2019
    Farnesina-OIM Cooperation in favour of migrants in Tunisia

    The Foreign Ministry financed a three-million-euro project through the Africa Fund to provide assistance to migrants in Tunisia, to be implemented through the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The project is subdivided into three sections: the first concerns maintaining and expanding the dwelling solutions available to migrants from Libya, especially in the south of the […]

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    In detail
    30 July 2019
    The Foreign Ministry contributes to financing the assisted voluntary return of migrants from Libya, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad

    Italy has made a 11-million-euro contribution from the Africa Fund to support the project titled “Protection and sustainable solutions for migrants and refugees along the Central Mediterranean route”, comanaged by the European Union, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The contribution aims to finance the assisted […]

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    Press Releases
    29 July 2019
    Minister Moavero meets with the representatives of nine Trade Unions representing different categories of workers at the Foreign Ministry

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, held a meeting this afternoon with the representatives of nine of the different trade unions representing the Foreign Ministry’s personnel: diplomats, executives, functional areas and contractors. The participants in the exhaustive meeting expressed diverse opinions and proposals on the labour issues of greatest interest. […]

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    Diplomatic Network
    25 July 2019
    The MAECI in cifre provides data on a year’s work

    The MAECI IN CIFRE (the MAECI IN FIGURES) is the yearbook that provides data on the work performed by the Foreign Affairs Administration at the service of Italy in the world, with an introduction by the General Secretary, Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni. The publication of the 2019 Statistical Yearbook makes available to citizens and institutions all […]

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    Events
    24 July 2019
    Farnesina hosts the 13th Conference of Italian Ambassadors

    The 13th Conference of Italian Ambassadors in the world closes today at the Farnesina. The 3-day conference offered a forum of debate and reflection on the role of the diplomatic network in Italy’s security and growth in a continuously evolving international scenario and in the face of the acceleration imposed by the information and communication […]

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    Press Releases
    24 July 2019
    The Italian Cooperation service’s humanitarian activities in Yemen

    In response to the extremely serious humanitarian crisis that continues to afflict Yemen, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, approved a package of emergency measures worth 5 million euros to support the humanitarian activities put in place by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the World Food […]

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