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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Press Releases
31 May 2013
Deputy Minister Pistelli completes mission to Ethiopia

In the course of a mission to Ethiopia, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Lapo Pistelli, accompanied by Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini, Ambassador of Italy to Addis Ababa Renzo Rosso and Director of the Local Technical Unit Fabio Melloni, made a visit today to the St. Luke Hospital of Wolisso, in the Oromia […]

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30 May 2013
Italy-Ethiopia: Pistelli, cooperation funds doubled

“In times of crisis and cutbacks we have been able to double aid to Ethiopia from the €48 million of 2009-2011 to €98.9 million for 2013-2015. An important contribution aimed at developing the area, with a special focus on mother/child healthcare, which is also an acknowledgement of Ethiopia’s role as our partner in regional stabilisation”. […]

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29 May 2013
LEBANON – Development cooperation initiative in Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve

Italian Development Cooperation is engaged in a new project in Lebanon, with Sunday 2 June 2013 seeing the opening of the Roman Oak pathway in the Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve, in the Bekaa region. The initiative, which aims to help the local population and involve local municipalities, is part of a broader programme funded and […]

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27 May 2013
In Rome the EU considers the ‘Cocaine Route’ programme

Europe will be assessing the “Cocaine Route” Programme on 28 May in the course of an international conference in Rome entitled “Improving responses to organised crime and drug trafficking along the Cocaine Route”. The conference has been organised by the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) in cooperation with the Italian Ministry […]

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Interviews
24 May 2013
Pistelli: «Per noi la Cooperazione è una risorsa, non un lusso»

«Non esiste più solo la vecchia cooperazione bilaterale a dono, dobbiamo dare coerenza ad un set di politiche di sviluppo che non passano più solo da Roma». A sostenerlo è Lapo Pistelli, vice ministro degli Esteri con una delega «pesante»: quella alla Cooperazione internazionale. In questa intervista a l`Unità, Pistelli delinea le linee-guida della sua […]

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24 May 2013
Pistelli: «Per noi la Cooperazione è una risorsa, non un lusso»

«Non esiste più solo la vecchia cooperazione bilaterale a dono, dobbiamo dare coerenza ad un set di politiche di sviluppo che non passano più solo da Roma». A sostenerlo è Lapo Pistelli, vice ministro degli Esteri con una delega «pesante»: quella alla Cooperazione internazionale. In questa intervista a l`Unità, Pistelli delinea le linee-guida della sua […]

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23 May 2013
FORUM PA 2013: Europe closer to citizens as we approach the 2014 elections

Democratic deficit and strategies to bring citizens closer to the EU, in the run-up to the European elections in 2014. Those were the features of the Europe that emerged from today’s conference on “The European Union, European Citizenship, European Democracy: the position one year before the European elections in 2014”, organised by the Ministry of […]

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23 May 2013
Cooperation: new help for the Palestinian people

Chaired for the first time by Minister Emma Bonino, Italian Development Cooperation’s steering committee has approved three important contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The funding is intended for initiatives on behalf of the Palestinian people. Assistance for refugees Two of the contributions concern emergency initiatives. The first, worth 1.5 million […]

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22 May 2013
HERAT – Cutuli Foundation School Long-Listed for the Aga Khan Award

An Italian school is one of the 20 candidates for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013. A school that is very special, in view not just of its location but also of its creators. The primary school in Herat was set up thanks to the Maria Grazia Cutuli Foundation, named after the journalist killed […]

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21 May 2013
UN: Water agenda an integral part of foreign policy, says Bonino

“The water agenda must be an integral part of our foreign policy. Because a water agenda means an agenda for peace, social inclusion, rights and development. Investing in water is also a way to foster growth”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking at a meeting of the UNSG’s Advisory Board on […]

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20 May 2013
Afghanistan: Italy facilitates EU Ambassadors’ visit to Herat

A group of over 20 European Union ambassadors accredited in Afghanistan took part in an unprecedented visit to Herat province, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy. They met the Governor of the Province, Daoud Shah Saba; the public prosecutor, Maria Bashir; and the head of Regional Command West (RC-W), Brigadier General Ignazio Gamba The Ambassadors […]

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