On Monday, 13 March, at 9:30 a.m., the Farnesina will host the Tenth MAECI – Banca d’Italia Conference with the attendance of Financial Delegates and Attachés working abroad.
The opening session (from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m.) is open to the media and will be introduced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, and by the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco. The opening remarks will be followed by contributions by the president of the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), Giampiero Massolo, and the vice president of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Fabrizio Saccomanni.
The joint annual Conference, which is addressed to Italian public and private institutions involved in international financial matters, has been consolidating the close cooperation between the Foreign Ministry (MAECI) and the Bank of Italy since 2008 as a top-level brainstorming forum on political, financial and economic issues of strategic national interest.
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following the opening session are requested to apply for accreditation in one of the following two ways:
– by filling the interactive form and clicking on the event concerned at the link http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp, attaching thereto, unless already provided, the information requested in digital format (letter from the media organisation and, for representatives of foreign media, also a Note Verbale released by the Rome Embassy of the media organisation’s Country).
– by sending an email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s Institutional Press and Communication Service at the following address: accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (Tel. + 39 06/3691.3432 or 8573 or 8210), attaching thereto the letter of his/her media organisation (or press card for freelance journalists) and, for members of the foreign press, a Note Verbale released by the Rome Embassy of the media organisation’s Country.
Accredited journalists, photographers and TV crews may collect their accreditation badges in person at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, main entrance – left-hand side – from 8:30 to 9:20 a.m.