Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Edmondo Cirielli presided today over the signing ceremony of a four-party agreement between the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Department for Digital Transformation (DTD) of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Agency for a Digital Italy (AGID) and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), which was held at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The agreement provides for a close collaboration on projects of common interest on digital for development, with particular attention to public digital infrastructures, technical-scientific training and the dissemination of the Digital Identity in the countries where the Italian Cooperation operates. Italian Development Cooperation prioritises digitisation as a fundamental tool to maximise the impact of development policies, favouring the mitigation of inequalities, access to education and essential services, and the improvement of efficiency in production processes.
Among the initiatives to be implemented under the agreement is the enhancement of digital infrastructures in four African pilot countries of the Mattei Plan (Senegal, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Mozambique), currently being designed together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The event was also attended by the Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Riccardo Guariglia, the Head of the Department of Digital Transformation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Angelo Borrelli, AGID Director General Mario Nobile, AICS Director Marco Rusconi and DGCS Director General Stefano Gatti.
