Press Accreditation Note
ITALY-AFRICA SPACE CONFERENCE
Farnesina – 15 July 2024
On 15 July at 10 a.m. at the Foreign Ministry’s International Conference Room, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, will open the Italy-Africa Space Conference.
The Conference will be attended by the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy and President of the Interministerial Committee for Space and Aerospace Research Policies (COMINT), Adolfo Urso; the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano; the Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister’s Office, Alfredo Mantovano, and the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technological Innovation of Congo, Delphine Edith Emmanuel Adouki; the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation of Ghana, Ophelia Mensah;, the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Mozambique, Daniel Daniel Nivagara, and the Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia, Mohamed Adam Moalim.
The Italy-Africa Space Conference is the operational follow-up in the space sector to the Italy-Africa Summit of January 2024 and aims to start a bilateral and multilateral dialogue with African countries having space capabilities, in order to identify new areas of cooperation within the broader framework of the Mattei Plan.
The debate will focus on three fundamental pillars: education and training; space applications and services for a sustainable future; international partnerships. Particular emphasis will be laid on the leadership position Italy enjoys internationally in the space field, thanks to its complete range of products and skills in the sector, and to the vision of which our country is the bearer in all multilateral fora. The Conference aims to turn the spotlight on the importance of space diplomacy as part of the growth diplomacy to promote the advancement of research and innovation, to the benefit of both Italy and emerging economies.
Journalists can follow the proceedings of the opening session (from 10.00 to 11.30 a.m.) from a listening room (Sala Aldo Moro), while photographers and cameramen will be placed in the International Conference Room.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in covering the institutional session may apply for accreditation by sending a request by Friday 12 July at 5:00 p.m. to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. 06/3691-3432 – 8573 – 3078 – 8210), 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 shall be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
Accredited journalists, photographers and cameramen may have access to the Foreign Ministry from the main entrance, left side, from 9:15 to 9:45 a.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.
