Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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10 September 2013

Syria’s Children: a generation at risk – UNICEF conference at the Farnesina. Minister Bonino’s address

The civilian victims of the armed conflict being waged in Syria for over two years number 100,000, at least 7,000 of them children, according to the most recent United Nations estimates. And over 4 million people, of whom nearly 2 million are children, are “displaced persons” forced to leave their homes but still in Syria. […]

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6 September 2013

Middle East: Pistelli in Gaza, Development Cooperation and political talks

Development cooperation and political talks to reiterate Italy’s full support for the peace negotiations were the focus of Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli’s visit to the Gaza Strip. Pistelli met the operations director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Robert Turner. He also visited centres […]

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4 September 2013

Syria: humanitarian emergency, help from Italy

The number of Syrian refugees is now more than 2 million. In one year, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), their numbers in neighbouring countries have increased by 1.8 million. Countries to which, on average, nearly 5,000 Syrians continue to flee each day, and which to date have taken in over 97% of […]

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Press Releases

29 August 2013

Deputy Minister Pistelli in Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti, “Italian Cooperation a consolidated presence playing a frontline role in the Horn of Africa and the entire eastern region”

“The Italian Cooperation is a consolidated presence and continues to play a frontline role in representing Italian interests in the Horn of Africa and the entire eastern region”. Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli commented as he concluded his mission to Uganda, Kenya and Djibouti, also dedicating special attention to Somalia. Pistelli visited several high-impact and high-profile […]

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26 August 2013

MONACO-PORTOFINO: Italy champions charity also at sea

The 2013 – and 2nd – edition of the Monaco-Portofino sailing regatta was a resounding success. The more than 30 participating Italian vessels were led by the Italian Navy’s historic ships Orsa Maggiore, Stella Polare, Corsaro II, Caroly, Chaplin and Sagittario. Proceeds from this year’s event will go to the Marafiki Primary School on Kenya’s […]

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2 August 2013

ITALY-KENYA: opening of rural hospital in Nkubu

The new pavilions of the rural hospital of Nkubu, in Kenya, opened recently after being refurbished with a contribution by the Italian Cooperation of €1 million over three years. In addition to outpatient treatment areas and an emergency block, financing also went to training of staff, assigning study bursaries and boosting component dedicated to the […]

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30 July 2013

Cooperation: Bolivia, aid to farming families

A total of 51 family greenhouses were handed over in the Hampaturi area of the city of La Paz, within the context of the conclusion of the Emergency Programme financed by the Italian Development Cooperation with an overall contribution of €1.1 million. The Programme, active since February 2012, serves 8 districts and 12 communities of […]

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17 July 2013

El Salvador, il Sottosegretario Giro inaugura l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa realizzato dalla cooperazione italiana “un primo esempio di sanità nella regione per garantire l’accesso sanitario universale”

Il Sottosegretario Giro, insieme al Ministro della Salute di El Salvador, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, ha inaugurato l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa, realizzato con un programma di 2,5 milioni di dollari della cooperazione italiana del 2009. Oltre all’ospedale è stata finanziata la formazione di un’unità sanitaria che assiste 600 nuclei familiari nelle zone rurali e 1800 nelle […]

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17 July 2013

El Salvador, il Sottosegretario Giro inaugura l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa realizzato dalla cooperazione italiana “un primo esempio di sanità nella regione per garantire l’accesso sanitario universale”

Il Sottosegretario Giro, insieme al Ministro della Salute di El Salvador, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, ha inaugurato l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa, realizzato con un programma di 2,5 milioni di dollari della cooperazione italiana del 2009. Oltre all’ospedale è stata finanziata la formazione di un’unità sanitaria che assiste 600 nuclei familiari nelle zone rurali e 1800 nelle […]

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15 July 2013

Under-Secretary Giro meets with Deputy Foreign Minister of Salvador Castaneda Magana

“Special relationship between Italy and El Salvador, working to ensure the social inclusion and security of Central Americans”. An invitation to President Funes to the Italy-Latin American and Caribbean Conference in December. Under-Secretary of State Mario Giro met with Deputy Foreign Minister of El Salvador Castaneda Magana to review Italy’s special relationship with that country; […]

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10 July 2013

The MFA at work for “System Italy” – Valensise presents the 2013 Yearbook: initiatives and results

“A government department that costs the state very little” but which, in spite of the cuts, is managing to meet the growing demand for services in Italy and throughout the world. This was one of the key features to emerge from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statistical Yearbook for 2013, edited by Sabrina Ugolini, Head […]

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5 July 2013

Deputy Minister Pistelli in Geneva speaks at ECOSOC

The fundamental role of decentalised cooperation, the importance of drafting policies against social inequality, recognition of the need to involve parliaments in development processes; these were the salient features of the speech delivered by Deputy Minister Lapo Pistalli at the ECOSOC meeting in Geneva. “Democratic decentralization can be a potent instrument in fighting poverty and […]

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