PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
OICE Report 2025 – The presence of engineering, architecture and technical consultancy firms abroad
(27 October, 4:30 p.m. – Villa Madama)
On Monday, 27 October 2025, from 4:30 p.m., Villa Madama will host the presentation of the OICE Report 2025 on Foreign Activities (Association of Engineering, Architecture and Technical-Economic Consultancy Organisations, OICE), which provides an overview of the work of Italian engineering, architecture and technical consultancy firms abroad. The event will be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the President of OICE, Giorgio Lupoi.
The programme will focus on the presentation of the OICE Report 2025, prepared by CER (Centro Europa Ricerche). This will be followed by two in-depth sessions: – the first on “Engineering and infrastructure: the Italian economic system abroad – guidelines and strategies” with contributions from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italian Trade Agency, SACE, SIMEST, CDP and ANCE; – the second entitled: “Climate change, AI and digitalisation, local communities: challenges for Italian design worldwide”, featuring interventions by OICE member companies, some of which will connect remotely from construction sites abroad, together with officials from the commercial offices of Italy’s diplomatic and consular representations.
Founded in 1965, OICE, a trade association affiliated with Confindustria, now brings together over 450 companies and promotes their interests and activities in Italy and 150 countries, in coordination with MAECI, the diplomatic-consular network, and Italian Trade Agency, regularly contributing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ growth diplomacy initiatives. OICE holds the vice-presidency of EFCA, the European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations, and since last September, the presidency of FIDIC, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, whose annual conference it will host in Italy for the first time in 2027.
Journalists, photographers and video journalists wishing to attend must submit an accreditation request by 10:00 on Monday, 27 October, registering via the portal https://portaleaccreditamento.esteri.it and attaching the required documentation.
Those already registered on the online portal and who have received confirmation from the system may access their profile and select participation in the event.
For further information, please contact Office I of the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy (DGDP) at +39 06 3691.3432 / 8210 / 8573 / 3078, or by email at accreditamentostampa@esteri.it
Accreditation badges must be collected in person at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, central entrance, left side, between 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
As private vehicles are not permitted to access Villa Madama, accredited journalists will be escorted to Villa Madama by shuttle service operating from the Farnesina (round trip), available until the conclusion of the event.
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.
