Ottawa: Italy-Canada round table on start-ups
In collaboration with Carleton University, Canada’s Public Policy Forum and the University of Toronto, the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa organised a day, October 2nd, dedicated to discussions of Italian and Canadian experiences in innovation and university, business, research and institutional partnerships, and the creation of start-ups. The event can be followed in live streaming […]
Read moreInternational Cooperation Forum: Terzi: Central to foreign policy – from assistance to partnership
“The rapid transformations of recent decades that have accelerated new geopolitical equilibriums and regional integration, today express the foreign policy-cooperation equation in new terms; dense in problems and at the same time filled with extraordinary prospects, which include “assistance and aid evolving into partnerships with our counterparts”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi’s commented during […]
Read moreSide – event on religious tolerance (New York, 27 settembre 2012) – Chairs’ Summary (in translation)
Ministerial Level side-event and panel discussions on The Civil Society and the Education on Human Rights as a tool for promoting religious toleranceUN Headquarters – Conference Room 5 (NLB)27 September 2012Chairs’ Summary Victims of human rights violations and day-to-day discriminations have the right to expect that the international community is on their side. This is […]
Read morePari Opportunità l’Italia sta con Hillary (in translation)
IL CASO L’Italia ha aderito all’iniziativa del segretario di Stato Usa, Hillary Clinton, per le pari opportunità nella politica e nell’economia. Come ha spiegato la sottosegretaria agli Esteri Marta Dassù la proposta è quella di creare un gruppo di lavoro volontario fra i paesi interessati e intenzionati a promuovere l’accesso delle donne alla vita politica, […]
Read moreItaly-Albania-Greece for the Tap gas pipeline
Italy, Albania and Greece reached an accord in New York, in the margins of the 67th UN General Assembly, on the development and building of a natural gas pipeline from Azerbaijan’s Shah deposits to Italy, passing through through Greece and Albania. The memorandum of understanding was signed by the foreign ministers of all three countries […]
Read moreUN General Assembly – Italy’s Contribution – Religious dialogue Forum. Terzi: commitment to social plurality
Strengthening religious dialogue, fighting intolerance and violence and disseminating respect for human rights: these were the goals proposed to the UN, in the margins of the General Assembly, during a forum chaired by Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi and his Jordanian colleague Nasser Judeh, whose participants included experts and members of nongovernmental educational associations […]
Read morePrague, launch of Italian Design Week
Italian Design Week opens on October 1st in Prague, organised by the Italo-Czech Chamber of Commerce within the 14th edition of Designblok, the Czech Republic’s most important design event. It has the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Prague and the local Italian Cultural Institute. This is the event’s second edition, following last year’s of […]
Read moreUN: Italy-Ecuador accord on Yasuni Park
Italy, Ecuador and the UN working together on the environment. Under-Secretary Staffan De Mistura, Minister for Culture of Ecuador Maria Fernanda Espinosa and Bisrat Aklilu of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed an accord in the margins of the 67th UNGA to protect Ecuador’s Yasuni Park. The purpose of the accord is to outline […]
Read moreSOCIAL-MEDIA: a great vehicle for freedom, says Terzi
Linked from New York, where he was participating in the UN General Assembly, the minister spoke at the Social Media Week session on armed conflict and social-media, underscoring how these instruments were to be used responsibly. According to Minister Giulio Terzi, who spoke by video link (from New York, where he is participating in the […]
Read moreUNGA: Italy’s Contribution – Monti: Strong EU in global interest Terzi: a more credible Council
“It has by now become clear that a stronger Europe is in the global interest”, asserted Premier Monti in a very clear message to the UN, rejecting any notion of isolationism or Euro-scepticism. “The world”, he asserted, “has learned how essential a strong and credible Europe is in confronting global economic and security challenges; and […]
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