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8 June 2022

​Minister Di Maio to attend OECD Ministerial Meeting on “The future we want: better policies for the next generation and a sustainable transition”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, will attend the Meeting of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Council at Ministerial Level, to be held in Paris on Thursday 9 June. The Ministerial Meeting, which is the OECD’s foremost political event, is chaired by Italy this year and the […]

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Press Releases

7 June 2022

Press conference presenting COOPERA 2022

A press conference presenting the second edition of the National Development Cooperation Conference, COOPERA 2022, was held on Tuesday 7 June at 10:30 in the Farnesina’s Aldo Moro Room. The conference itself will take place on 23-24 June in the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome. The press conference was opened by the Deputy Minister for […]

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Press Releases

1 June 2022

Iraq, Deputy Minister Sereni’s mission proceeds amid consultations, agreements and meetings with the civil society

The first day of Deputy Minister Marina Sereni’s mission to Iraq, which featured several meetings with representatives of the local institutions, of the major international organisations present in Iraq and Italian personnel, has come to an end. The Deputy Minister was received by the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, and by the Minister of […]

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Press Releases

27 May 2022

Deputy Minister Sereni chairs National Council for Development Cooperation meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the eighth meeting of the National Council for Development Cooperation (CNCS), the body that gathers 54 major public and private, “profit” and “non-profit” stakeholders operating in the sphere of international development cooperation. The CNCS is the main instrument of participation, consultation and proposal introduced under Law no. 125/2014, which reformed […]

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13 May 2022

Deputy Minister Sereni visits UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence

​“Italy considers extremely valuable the activities performed by UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti and acknowledges its strategic role in data collection/processing and in strategies concerning children”. Deputy Minister Marina Sereni said so as she visited the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence today. Ms Sereni added that “the Centre is a key partner of Italian Cooperation […]

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9 May 2022

Development Cooperation, Deputy Minister Sereni presides over Joint Committee Meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presided over the third annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, also attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese, the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, and, limited to issues related to aid credits, the General Manager of the Ministry of Economy […]

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4 May 2022

Sereni attends MACFRUT event: Italy and Africa to create more synergies in the agrifood sector

“Africa holds a priority position in the strategic agenda of Italy and the Italian Development Cooperation, in the wake of the historical relationships that bind the two shores of the Mediterranean. Together, we are part of one, single area, exposed to shared challenges as well as opportunities in terms of stability, security and sustainable development.” […]

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Press Releases

2 May 2022

Launch of the #InsiemepergliSDG campaign with the attendance of Deputy Minister Sereni

As part of the #InsiemepergliSDG initiative, a campaign promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), in partnership with the UN SDG Action Campaign, FAO, the European Commission, CIHEAM IAMB in Bari and Save the Children, the MAECI and the UN SDG Action Campaign – concertedly with the Municipality of Milan – […]

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Press Releases

26 April 2022

Sri Lanka. Emergency contribution allocated by the Italian Cooperation service in response to the health crisis

The Italian Cooperation service has allocated an emergency contribution of over 340,000 euros to the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the deteriorating economic conditions in Sri Lanka, which have caused a serious health crisis with shortages of medicines and essential goods. The Italian contribution will enable the Organization to purchase and send medical […]

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6 April 2022

Women; Italy strongly committed to provide assistance in crises and conflicts, Deputy Minister Sereni says

“Italy constantly strives to provide humanitarian assistance to women and girls in wars and emergency situations”, said Deputy Minister, Ms Sereni, speaking in Berlin at the third edition of the annual Donors’ Round Table of UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. “In Afghanistan, we must make a […]

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4 April 2022

Deputy Minister Sereni attends the meeting of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance

Today in Madrid, Deputy Minister Marina Sereni attended the third meeting of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance: an Alliance of donors that has proven to be a strong partnership with the five Sahel Countries, with a growing commitment to cooperate in the region and called upon to perform an even more ambitious role […]

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Press Releases

31 March 2022

Development Cooperation, Sereni presides over Joint Committee Meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni presided over the second annual meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation, also attended by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri. As she opened the working sessions, the Deputy Minister noted the strong humanitarian response by […]

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