Africa

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26 November 2012

Pretoria: Ferrero report on corporate social responsibility

The third report by the Ferrero Group on Corporate Social Responsibility, entitled “Sharing values to create value”, was presented in Pretoria at the residence of the Italian Ambassador to South Africa, where a round table discussion involved a large number of representatives from business, economic and civil society spheres and the media. Read more, in […]

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26 November 2012

Terzi:«UN ban on genital mutilation – a battle that Italy means to win» (Io Donna)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata has made frequent trips to Africa over recent months, which included some risky missions, like the one he made to Mogadishu to make up for Italy’s long (and guilty) absence from that region. “I met with some extraordinary women”, he recalls, “2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureates Leymah […]

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21 November 2012

Dakar: Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days

Dakar will host the second edition of the Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days on 3 and 4 December. The event will be a moment for reflection and encounter on the current strategy of the Italian Cooperation in that country, and allow for the promotion to local authorities and international donors of Italy’s activities in Senegal. It will […]

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20 November 2012

Zambia: Business meeting in Parma

A rich source of raw materials and metals in a steady growth phase and already in the sights of other major rivals such as China and Brazil: the country in question in Zambia, the subject of a Country Presentation planned for today in Parma, organized by the Parma industrialists’ union in collaboration with Confindustria Assafrica […]

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19 November 2012

Gaza: Crisis on Foreign Ministers’ meeting agenda – common EU position needed to revive dialogue, says Terzi

The situation in Gaza will be the focal point of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, where Minister Giulio Terzi will express Italy’s deep concern over the situation in the Gaza Strip and the escalation in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, and its strong commitment to a common EU position to facilitate the […]

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15 November 2012

Kenya: Best of Italy promotion, Nairobi

The Best of Italy is being showcased in Kenya, with an interactive conference organised by the Italian Embassy in Nairobi and taking place on 15 November 2012. The conference will promote the Made in Italy brand, as well as the country itself and its products. It will be opened by the Italian Ambassador, Paola Imperiale, […]

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9 November 2012

Kenya, agricultural development cooperation

Forty farming associations, 14 healthcare centres and 186,000 indirect beneficiaries make up the numbers that testify to the success of the Italian Cooperation in Kenya, where an agricultural development and HIV/AIDS prevention project has just been completed. Read more, in Italian.

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8 November 2012

“Friend Iraq”: photo exhibit at the Foreign Ministry

The foreign ministry will host an exhibition from 12 to 19 November entitled “Friend Iraq: Iraqi artists for the Italian Cooperation”, consisting of 26 panels depicting social, cultural and human aspects of Iraq. The exhibit is being promoted by the DGCS on the 10th anniversary of Italy’s intervention on behalf of the reconstruction of Iraq […]

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8 November 2012

Angola: Hospitalar medical fair in January

Opportunities for Italian firms in the Angolan healthcare sector: the Hospitalar medical-healthcare equipment and technologies fair will take place on 25 and 26 January 2013 parallel to the 8th International congress of the Angolan medical association, whose theme this year is “Health in Angola: present and future”. This first edition of the Hospitalar Medical Fair […]

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7 November 2012

CinemArena comes to Alice in the city

The Italian Cooperation produced a number of documentary films on CinemArena, an innovative development project carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda. An extraordinary itinerant caravan Screenings will be held in the Alice cinema on 9 November at 19:00 and again on 18 November […]

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5 November 2012

Luanda: Italian firms at Construction Fair

A total of twenty Italian firms successfully participated in the 10th edition of the Projekta International Construction, Urban Planning and Architecture Fair held in Luanda Angola. The fair provided the perfect stage for an infrastructure and civil engineering sector that has undergone rapid growth over the past decade. The Italian firms joined 380 other firms […]

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2 November 2012

Longitude: “Russia caught in Putin’s current”

“Swimming upstream – Russia caught in Putin’s current”: un bilancio della Russia di Putin ”apre” il numero 21 della rivista ”Longitude”, diretta da Pialuisa Bianco, in edicola il 6 novembre: tra i servizi una ricognizione storico culturale sulle radici della Russia, un’analisi della situazione economica e industriale ed un approfondimento sulle differenze con l’Unione sovietica. […]

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