Expo – Road show in the U.S. 26 February – 4 March
The association ItaliaCamp and the EXPO 2015 Italia pavilion will stage a road show in the U.S. from 26 February to 4 March: a delegation of 100 persons from research and business spheres representing every Italian region. A first stop on Wall Street will offer an opportunity for the Italian delegation to attend the presentation […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy: Japan: Italian exports perform strongly in 2013
The Italian-Japanese trade figures for 2013 published by Japan’s customs authorities confirm the strong performance of Italian exports. In spite of the weakening of the yen against the euro, our exports rose by 21.8% in yen (and over 8% in real terms). This produced a trade surplus of 4 billion euros for Italy, even though […]
Read more“Digital Natives”: IT and the Montessori method in the kindergarten – conference at the Farnesina
Teaching information technology (IT) at nursery school to guide children towards an informed use of the new technologies. That is the challenge being tackled by the Farnesina’s Montessori-method kindergarten, which has embarked on an experimental project that was illustrated this morning [14 February 2014] at the “Digital Natives” conference at the Ministry. In his introductory […]
Read moreAngola – 1000 young people helped by Italian Development Cooperation
“Children in safe cities: urban safety and children’s rights”, a 4-year project funded by Italian Development Cooperation and CIES, a non-governmental organisation, is coming to a close. CIES, which this week celebrates its 30th birthday, has been working with Angolan partners on the project. The initiatives have helped over 1000 children and young people through […]
Read moreCairo – A project to conserve Egyptian art
“Conserving Egyptian art. Training initiatives for the restoration of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo’s collections”. This is the title of the publication illustrating the training initiatives conducted by the Restoration and Conservation Institute from 2008 to 2010 thanks to Italian Development Cooperation funding. About 120 curators, restorers and librarians benefited from the programme, which also […]
Read moreBangui – Italy sending 400,000 euros in response to the crisis
In response to the grave humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic, Italian Development Cooperation has allocated 400,000 euros to UNICEF to support initiatives to help children. First tranche of a total of 1 million euros This is the first tranche of a total contribution of 1 million euros announced at the donors conference in […]
Read moreMarines: Ban Ki-moon concerned about risks for anti-piracy missions
“United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried about the case of two Italian anti-piracy marines facing murder charges in India, and fears it could have some repercussions on anti-piracy security operations and the rule of law”. This was the comment by the United Nations spokesperson, Martin Nesirky, in response to questions from the ANSA news […]
Read moreBring our diplomatic network in Africa into line with our potential there, urges Pistelli
“Our foreign policy budget nowadays is peanuts. We can lower our expectations, we can narrow our idea of ‘world’, or we can ensure that our global presence meets our aspirations by equipping it with the necessary resources”. These were the words of Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli during the presentation of the report published by […]
Read moreItalian Economic Diplomacy /Sole 24 Ore: Panama: Salini Impregilo and Canal Authority reach preliminary agreement
The long dispute between the Panama Canal Authority and the GUPC consortium seems to have been resolved with yesterday’s preliminary agreement on co-financing the extra costs that arose during the construction of the new locks. The final agreement, to divide the additional 1.6 billion dollars between the Panamanian authorities and the consortium led by Sacyr […]
Read moreForeign Ministry taking part in the RAI’s “M’illumino di Meno” 2014
The Foreign Ministry is taking part in the RAI broadcasting corporation’s “M’illumino di Meno” initiative in 2014 as it has done in previous years. The national energy-saving initiative is now in its 10th consecutive year. Lights out at the Farnesina From 18.00 on Friday 14 February, the façade of the Farnesina Palace will not be […]
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