Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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2 May 2012

Cooperation: Guatemala: Nutritional Recovery Centre now opened

The “RAN” Emergency programme conducted by the Italian Embassy in Guatemala is funding 12 projects to reduce food, nutritional and environmental risks for vulnerable categories of the population (first and foremost women and children). The projects focus on the groups most affected by high rates of malnutrition and hit by the devastating effects of the […]

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30 April 2012

Iniziativa Adriatico-Ionica – Dassu’ al consiglio ministeriale Belgrado: Italia punta a nascita macroregione (in translation)

“L’Italia ha forti interessi primari nei Balcani occidentali e ritiene che l’Unione europea debba rimanere aperta all’insieme dei Paesi di tale regione. Questo è un nostro interesse nazionale e una nostra priorità di politica estera”. Lo ha detto a Belgrado il Sottosegretario Marta Dassu’, che nella capitale serba ha partecipato al 14/mo Consiglio ministeriale della […]

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27 April 2012

Lebanon: Amb. Morabito visits Italian blue helmets

Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Giuseppe Morabito visited the base of the Italian contingent deployed on the “LEONTE XI” mission in the southern Lebanon village of Shama. Italy’s support for the mission The visit goes beyond an institutional gesture and falls within the broader context of the Italian government and society’s support for the efforts of […]

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27 April 2012

Syria: an Italian camp hospital for refugees, Terzi says

A “small field hospital with Italian doctors who will be able to treat some of the people affected by this tragedy”, is being readied in a country bordering on Syria, Minister Giulio Terzi announced from Brunei, where he is attending the EU-ASEAN summit. He explained that the conflict had “created a million displaced and probably […]

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27 April 2012

EU-ASEAN SUMMIT (Brunei) – Terzi: Italy proposes mention of cooperation on piracy in conclusions

In the final conclusions of the EU-ASEAN Summit under way in Brunei, Italy has successfully promoted, “here as it did at the G8, the insertion of references in two separate parts of the text, to cooperation between the EU and ASEAN against piracy, not only in generic terms but with explicit mention of the international […]

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26 April 2012

MYANMAR, Irreversible reforms, say Terzi and Thein Seine – San Suu Kyi invited to Italy, our country at your side

The reform process under way in Myanmar will not backslide, was the assurance President Thein Sein offered Italy and the EU in his meeting with Minister Giulio Terzi in the capital Naypyidaw. The two also reviewed all the economic aspects of bilateral relations. “I was pleased to receive assurances from the Burmese authorities on the […]

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24 April 2012

Italy and Iraq sharing the fight against human trafficking

The aim of the “Human Trafficking” conference planned for 21 and 22 May at Dokan Lake in Iraqi Kurdistan, and presented today at the foreign ministry in Rome, is to exchange knowledge and experiences in an effort to combat trafficking in human beings. Italian and Iraqi institutional representatives and experts will compare respective legislation, skills […]

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24 April 2012

Yemen: Coast Guard officer training

Working in conjunction with the MFA, the Italian Coast Guard launched a project last week for the training of coast guard officers in Yemen. The visit allowed for the selection of the 15 participants in training courses to be held in Italy from May to November at centres in Genoa, Pomezia and Messina, with a […]

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23 April 2012

Cooperation: Malindi, reconstruction of barrier reef

The Italian Cooperation is about to conclude a programme aimed at raising the local standard of living in an area approximately 30 km north of Malindi, on the Kenyan coasts, a vacation paradise for many Italians. The programme, carried out in collaboration with the Kenyan government’s Coast Development Agency, has already completed construction of a […]

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20 April 2012

L’INTERVISTA – Serra: in Libano come sentinelle di reciproca fiducia

L’Italia è l’unico Paese che ha la leadership di un contingente multinazionale in Medio Oriente e la esercita nel sud del Libano attraverso l’UNIFIL II (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon). La seconda fase della missione delle Nazioni Unite è stata avviata dalla risoluzione 1701 nel 2006, anno del ritiro delle truppe di Israele a […]

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19 April 2012

Cooperation: New rural roads in Morocco

New roads in Morocco thanks to 10 million euros in debt conversion funding from Italy. On 31 March 2012 the last of the 8 stretches of rural roadway, linking villages in the mountainous region of Tadla Azilal, in the Atlas range, was opened. The entire Italian-funded network includes another 7 stretches extending 106km in total […]

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17 April 2012

Cooperation: Libya, psychological and social support for children and young people

As part of the actions promoted by Italian Development Cooperation to assist Libya, the project to help young people affected by psychological trauma deriving from the recent conflict is particularly important. 6 teams of experts to reach 80,000 Libyans The project, entrusted to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and worth 1.46 million euros, aims […]

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