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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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22 June 2012
Cooperation: Kenya, new polytechnic labs at Kapenguria

The Italian Cooperation in Kenya contributes to the refurbishing of 3 new teaching laboratories at the Kapenguria Polytechnic. The dedication ceremony was held on 21 June in the presence of Ambassador of Italy Paola Imperiale, the Kenyan Minister for Youth and Deputy Minister for Environment, who expressed their appreciation for the Italian government’s support for […]

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21 June 2012
Sustainable Development: The Italian Cooperation at the Rio Conference

The Italian Cooperation is working with UNDESA on proposing a series of sideline events during the Rio+20 Conference that deal with development themes and the global processes under way in partnerships with island and mountain nations and for cross-border and water management. Pledges of €1.5 million The conference theme is, “A blue economy initiative for […]

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Speeches
20 June 2012
Speech detail

(valid only the actual speech delivered) Presidente Dini, Presidente Stefani, Onorevoli Senatori e Onorevoli Deputati, l’impegno dell’Italia verso il Continente africano e in particolare l’Africa sub-sahariana è una costante della nostra politica estera, non solo per le tematiche dello sviluppo, ma anche per gli aspetti di governance mondiale, di sicurezza e di incremento dei rapporti […]

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20 June 2012
Africa: Terzi, nuova frontiera della politica estera (in translation)

L’Africa rappresenta “la nuova frontiera su cui lavorare per la nostra politica estera”. Lo ha detto il ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi in audizione alle Commissioni Esteri di Camera e Senato riunite a Palazzo Madama. Con la “cresciuta consapevolezza che il continente può essere un grande protagonista” sullo scenario internazionale, ha spiegato Terzi, bisogna tenere […]

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18 June 2012
Italy-Philippines: debt-conversion agreement

In May of 2012 Italian ambassador to Manila Luca Fornari and Philippine Finance Minister Cesar Purisima signed a 5-year Italo-Philippine debt-conversion agreement that will allow approximately 3 million euros to be redirected to poverty-reduction, sustainable development and environmental protection programmes. This agreement will make it possible for Manila to redirect its debt payments toward job […]

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14 June 2012
Cooperation: Mozambique – new hospital in Caia

The town of Caia, in Mozambique, has a new hospital thanks to funding from Italian Development Cooperation and the Autonomous Province of Trento. The 107-bed hospital, which has a catchment area of around 350,000 people, was opened on 2 June 2012 in the presence of the Mozambican Head of State, Armando Guebuza. President Guebuza, who […]

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Press Releases
14 June 2012
Medical kits sent to Syria and Jordan by Italian Development Cooperation

Acting on the instructions of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi, Italian Development Cooperation has sent medical kits for the Syrian people suffering the effects of the humanitarian emergency arising from the violence in their country. The kits left yesterday and today, 14 June 2012, from the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Brindisi. The medical […]

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11 June 2012
Yemen: Italian archaeological mission now 30 years old (1980-2010)

The Italian archaeological mission in Yemen falls within the framework of efforts to support that Arab country in its current transition, and not least with regards to strengthening tourism. The results of over 30 years of excavations were illustrated during a conference at the foreign ministry in Rome of institutional and academic representatives of both […]

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8 June 2012
The Italian Cooperation in Pakistan, a success story

The Italian Cooperation’s numerous initiatives in Pakistan were presented during an event entitled ‘Italian-Pakistani partnership for development’, organized in Islamabad in collaboration with the Economic Affairs Division (EAD) of the Pakistani Finance Ministry tasked with coordinating international cooperation. Italian initiatives in remote and unstable areas Participants included high level ministerial and provincial government officials, who […]

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7 June 2012
Cooperation: Steering Committee to set new priorities

Setting new intervention priorities while facing dwindling resources is the goal of the Italian Development Cooperation’s Steering Committee when it meets on 8 June to set 2012-2014 guidelines. Cooperation an essential foreign policy tool Cooperation is one of the most “essential tools of foreign policy”, and in order to maintain its effectiveness it is necessary […]

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5 June 2012
Cooperazione: Etiopia, interventi contro la siccità (in translation)

La Cooperazione Italiana sta per lanciare un nuovo programma da 1.3 milioni di euro nel sud e sud-est dell’Etiopia, per superare l’emergenza siccità e l’emergenza profughi dai paesi vicini. Sono cinque le aree identificate caratterizzate dalla cronica mancanza di acqua potabile e di adeguate strutture sanitarie. Il programma – la cui prima fase si è […]

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