PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
XVI CONFERENCE OF
ITALIAN AMBASSADORS IN THE WORLD
ROME, 18-19 DECEMBER 2023
On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 December 2023, the Farnesina will host the Conference of Italian Ambassadors in the World, an opportunity to discuss Italy’s international action, which will bring together over 130 heads of Italian diplomatic missions throughout the world, as well as many Government Ministers and foreign important figures, including the EU Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Cameron, and the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken (via conference call).
The Conference, realised with the media partnership of RAI and ANSA, will provide an opportunity to reflect on the role and tools available to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to support the promotion of our national interest in the world and the value of dialogue, also in view of the Italian G7 Presidency in 2024.
The opening and closing sessions will be open to the press – which will be able to follow the event in a salle d’écoute (listening room) with audio-video link (Aldo Moro Hall) – and streamed on the Farnesina’s YouTube channel.
The opening session will take place on Monday 18 December from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. with addresses by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani.
The closing session will take place on Tuesday 19 December from 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. with addresses by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani.
The other working sessions – which will focus on the main topics of international current affairs (artificial intelligence, Mattei Plan, growth diplomacy, crisis scenario management, sustainability and ecological transition, G7 Presidency) – will take place behind closed doors.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in covering the opening and closing sessions may apply for accreditation by sending a request by Friday 15 December at 4:00 p.m. to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. 06/3691-3432-8573-3078), attaching the following:
For representatives of Italian press organisations:
- copy of an identity document
- letter of assignment from the newspaper of affiliation or – in the absence of the latter – copy of professional identity card.
For representatives of foreign press organisations, not accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter from the newspaper of affiliation;
- Verbal Note of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organisation represented.
For representatives of foreign press already accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the request must be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
For any requests for the positioning of satellite vehicles, the number plates and model of the vehicles must be communicated by e-mail to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it by 15 December.
Press representatives are hereby informed that, on the occasion of the Conference, the Public Security Authorities have put in place measures to restrict vehicle traffic and the use of parking spaces in the vicinity of the Farnesina. In particular, parking along Via Macchia della Farnesina will be prohibited.
Accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen may enter the Farnesina from the Via Macchia della Farnesina entrance (press side), as follows:
Monday 18 December – Via Macchia della Farnesina entrance (press side) from 08:30 a.m. 09:20 a.m. for journalists (Aldo Moro Hall)
Tuesday 19 December – Via Macchia della Farnesina entrance (press side) from 3:00 p.m. up to, and no later than, 5:30 p.m.
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
