Deputy Minister Di Stefano chairs Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on the Sea
The Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee on the Sea met by video conference. It was chaired by Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano, and involved representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Agricultural, Food, and Forestry Policies, Ministry of the Environment and Safeguarding of the Territory and the Sea, […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Stefano chairs “Energy, Environment, and Climate” Steering Committee
The Inter-Ministerial “Energy, Environment, and Climate” Steering Committee held a meeting in virtual mode, chaired by Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano, with representatives from Institutions and Public Companies in the sector, ENI, ENEL, Saipem, Snam, Terna, CDP, and Confindustria Energia. This meeting followed on from the Inter-Institutional Steering Committee on the same questions that met […]
Read moreFirst meeting of the Joint Italian-Libyan Economic Commission (CECIL)
The Joint Italian-Libyan Economic Technical Committee (CECIL) met for the first time by video conference on 17 December 2020. On the Libyan side it was headed by Dr Mahmoud Khalifa El-Tellisi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Technical Matters, and on the Italian side by the Hon. Manlio Di Stefano, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs […]
Read moreDel Re: accompanying Africa’s socio-economic transformation
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated in a webinar on Italy’s African policy and its transatlantic relations opportunities. The webinar was organised by the US Think Tank, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) in collaboration with Italy’s Embassy in Washington. Responding to questions from GMF Executive Director Ian Lesser and […]
Read moreSereni presents the “Falcone Borsellino Programme” for combating transnational crime
Today, Vice Minister Marina Sereni opened a high-level seminar, by video conference, to kick start the “Falcone Borsellino Programme”. This is an Italian initiative of legal diplomacy and technical assistance in the field of justice and security, in favour of Latin American and Caribbean countries, for combating transnational organised crime. “We have recently marked the […]
Read moreDel Re. Strengthening cooperation between Mediterranean and Indian Ocean for economic recovery
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Emanuela Del Re, participated by video conference in the 20th Council of Ministers of IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association), a regional organization that aims to facilitate trade and investment among member countries and promote sustainable economic cooperation, of which Italy is a dialogue partner since last year. […]
Read moreDi Stefano takes part in the webinar on economic relations between Portugal and Italy
This morning, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano took part in the opening of the webinar on “Portugal: tools for strengthening bilateral economic collaboration”, for Italian businesses interested in expanding on the Portuguese market. The webinar was organised by Italy’s Embassy in Lisbon, in partnership with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Portugal, the ICE Agency and […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano meets his Portuguese counterpart Brilhante Dias
This afternoon, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano met its Portuguese Counterpart Eurico Brilhante Dias, the Secretary of State for Internationalisation. “Our commercial ties are very positive, and Italy is Portugal’s 4th biggest trading partner. However, we can improve this further in many sectors,” said Deputy Minister Di Stefano. The meeting provided a valuable opportunity to analyse […]
Read moreDeputy Minister Di Stefano: cybersecurity – a great opportunity for Italy
Deputy Minister, Manlio Di Stefano, spoke at the awards ceremony held this morning for the online CyberChallenge, organised by CINI’s National Cybersecurity Laboratory. CINI (National Inter-University Consortium for Informatics) involves more than 1300 informatics and informatics engineering lecturers, from 48 Italian Universities. This is the major Italian initiative for identifying, attracting, recruiting, and putting the […]
Read more6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee
Today, Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano has co-chaired, with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An, the 6th Italy-Vietnam Joint Economic Committee (JEC), in virtual format, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. At the virtual meeting, which has been attended remotely by numerous state administrations, trade associations and businesses, the participants have […]
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