Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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9 March 2022

Sahel Coalition, Sereni attends the third ministerial meeting

Deputy Minister Sereni attended the third ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel which was held today via videoconference. The Sahel Coalition unites more than 60 Countries committed to the stabilization of the Sahel region which represents the southern the border of the enlarged Mediterranean region. The stability of the region is threatened […]

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7 March 2022

Ukraine: Sereni attends the Foreign Affairs Council (Development) meeting in Montpellier

Today, the Foreign Affairs Council, in Development format, was convened in Montpellier to discuss the strategic prospects of European development cooperation, biodiversity and sustainable food systems in development policies. Italy was represented by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni. The meeting, convened by the French Presidency, opened by taking stock of the situation in Ukraine and of […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 March 2022

Ambassador to Hanoi attended a ceremony in memory of Carlo Urbani

Italy’s Ambassador to Hanoi, Antonio Alessandro, travelled to the province of Thua Thien Hue today, March 7, to attend a ceremony to honour the memory of Carlo Urbani and revive relations with one of the most dynamic and historically rich regions in central Vietnam. The moving ceremony dedicated to Carlo Urbani – the Italian WHO […]

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28 February 2022

Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni meets with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mekonnen

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, met with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen for an in-depth exchange of opinions. Deputy Foreign Minister Sereni acknowledged the significant progress made by Ethiopian Authorities in the conflict in the North of the Country, both politically (including the release […]

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Press Releases

28 February 2022

Mission by Deputy Minister Marina Sereni to Ethiopia

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, arrived in Ethiopia today for a three-day visit. This is the first visit to Africa for Deputy Minister Sereni, and the first since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic by an Italian authority in the Country, who will have meetings at the political level […]

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Press Releases

16 February 2022

Humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation landed in Baghdad

On 14 February, a humanitarian flight of the Italian cooperation landed in Baghdad airport. It left the Emergency humanitarian aid base in Brindisi with about 6 tonnes of medical supplies to fight COVID-19 (lung ventilators, surgical masks, FFP2 masks, protective clothing and gloves), mainly made available by the support structure to the extraordinary Commissioner for the COVID-19 […]

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Press Releases

9 February 2022

Tonga. Emergency assistance from Italian Cooperation following the eruption of the submarine volcano and the ensuing tsunami

Italian Cooperation is providing a 100,000 euro donation to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in response to the emergency caused by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga and the ensuing tsunami. The Italian funding will enable the IFRC to support the work of the Tongan […]

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Press Releases

6 February 2022

6 February: International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

200 million: this is the number of women and girls that the United Nations estimates have been subjected to the brutal practice of female genital mutilation and that, in the last two years, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, has continued to rise. Female genital mutilations are an aberrant and unhuman practice that seriously violates women’s […]

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Diplomatic Network

31 January 2022

Kenya: agreement signed on the Integrated Development Programme

The Italian Ambassador to Kenya, Alberto Pieri, and the Kenyan Treasury Minister, Ukur Yatani, signed an agreement to implement the Malindi Integrated Social Health Development Programme – Phase II. The signing took place in Nairobi on 26 January 2022, in the presence of the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Office in Nairobi, Fabio Melloni. […]

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Press Releases

26 January 2022

Sereni on Africa: healthcare and vaccine aid Italy’s top priority

Today, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation attended the Salute e Sviluppo: l’impegno per l’Africa meeting at the Farnesina. Organised by NGOs Amref Health Africa – Italia and Codeway, the meeting centred on the findings of an Ipsos survey carried out on behalf of Amref Italia, titled La narrazione sull’Africa (The Africa Narrative). […]

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Press Releases

17 January 2022

Mission of Deputy Minister Sereni to Cuba and Costa Rica (Havana/San José, 16 – 21 January 2022)

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Marina Sereni, started an institutional visit to Cuba and Costa Rica on Sunday, 16 January, which will end on Friday, 21 January. The visit started in Havana where, today, Deputy Minister Sereni will chair the sixth Session of the Political Dialogue together with the First Deputy Minister, […]

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Press Releases

4 January 2022

Note of the Foreign Ministry – Philippines. The Italian Cooperation service’s emergency contribution for Typhoon Rai/Odette

The Italian Cooperation service has allocated a contribution of 300,000 euros to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in response to the emergency caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Rai (Odette, as it is called locally) with a death toll of approximately 380, numerous people injured and over 600,000 internally […]

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