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Cultural Diplomacy
22 February 2024
Arezzo Flag-wavers at the Italian Festival in Cape Town

The Flag-wavers Association of Arezzo will attend the Italian Festival in Cape Town, an annual event that promotes and celebrates Italian traditions, which will take place on 2 and 3 March. The Italian Cultural Institute of Cape Town, promoter of the initiative together with the Italian Consulate in Cape Town and the Idiom Wines association, […]

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Press Releases
12 February 2024
180-Million Euros Tender Notice on Development Cooperation Published on the Official Journal

The Tender Notice launched by AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) in collaboration with the Farnesina Directorate General for Development Cooperation for territorial entities (Regions, Provinces, Municipalities and Metropolitan Cities) and organisations from the civil society, worth 180 million euros (60 million in favour of territorial entities and 120 million to OSCs) was published on […]

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Events
9 February 2024
Italy-Africa. UNIDO: fighting poverty requires sustainable industrialisation

The elimination of poverty and hunger in Africa can only be achieved effectively and sustainably through the endogenous development of African countries, in particular by launching sustainable industrialisation processes. This is what Gerd Müller, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), stated in his speech at the Italy-Africa Summit. This approach is […]

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Press Releases
31 January 2024
Meeting of the Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, with the President of Eritrea Isaias Afewerki

The Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, received the President of Eritrea Isaias Afewerki this morning at the Farnesina. The meeting was also attended, on the Italian side, by the Secretary General of MAECI, Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Marco Rusconi. […]

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Press Releases
30 January 2024
Participation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, in the Public Assembly of Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, participated in the Public Assembly of Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo entitled Africa e Medio Oriente. Trasformazioni e traiettorie in un nuovo contesto globale (Africa and the Middle East. Transformations and Trajectories in a New Global Context). The event took place following […]

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Press Releases
19 January 2024
Meeting between Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and Bill Gates

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today met at the Farnesina with Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and creator of Breakthrough Energy. The main topics discussed during the meeting were development in Africa, food security, global health, energy transition […]

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Diplomatic Network
9 January 2024
Tanzania, Leonardo SpA Signs Contract for Aircraft Supply

The Italian Ambassador to Tanzania, Marco Lombardi, attended the signing ceremony of the contract between Leonardo SpA and the Tanzanian Ministry of Defence for the supply of two C27J SPARTAN tactical transport aircraft. The ceremony was also attended by the Tanzanian Minister of Defence and National Service, Stergomena Tax. Equipped with kits for humanitarian, search […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 December 2023
Mali, agreement signed for financing “A Ka Baraa” project

Together with AICS Dakar Director Marco Falcone, the Ambassador in Bamako Stefano Antonio Dejak and ILO Regional Director Frederic Lapeyre signed a financing agreement worth EUR 3.5 million for the “A Ka Baraa” project, which will be implemented by the ILO under the tutelage of the Malian Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Employment and Vocational Training. The […]

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Press Releases
5 December 2023
Joint Statement on the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Italian Republic on the occasion of the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS. The Italian Republic hosted a meeting of senior diplomatic representatives from the Small Group of the Global Coalition to Defeat […]

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Press Releases
30 November 2023
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, meets the students of the “ITALYOU – L’ITALIA NEL TUO FUTURO” scholarship programme

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met today at Palazzo Chigi the young students of the scholarship programme “ITALYOU – L’ITALIA NEL TUO FUTURO: la formazione universitaria per la promozione della lingua e della cultura italiana nel mondo” (ITALYOU – ITALY IN YOUR FUTURE: University Education for […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 November 2023
Nairobi, “I Want You to Know” photo exhibition

The relationship between female leadership and climate change is the theme of the group exhibition “I Want You to Know”, opening today in Nairobi as part of the “Activate Nairobi” campaign against gender-based violence. The exhibition, promoted in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, will be open until 3 December. The exhibition presents fascinating images captured in […]

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