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Diplomatic Network
20 June 2018
Gambia: the Italian Cooperation service committed to assure vaccines

The components of the delegation that will travel to Gambia on an awareness-raising programme promoted by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, will be from 6 national newspapers and media organisations (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Mediaset, Wired, F Magazine, Vanity Fair).   The initiative, which envisages a series of institutional meetings in Banjul […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 June 2018
Bolivia: Italy promotes universal access to water​

Italian Ambassador Placido Vigo and Chancellor Fernando Huanacuni signed an agreement to implement the “National Programme for the Collection of Water for Life”, an initiative financed by the Italian Development Cooperation service through 25 million euros in tied aid, at an official ceremony held at the Tiwanaku Hall of the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 June 2018
Clean our Ocean

‘Clean our Ocean’ is the theme dedicated to this year’s World Oceans Day that is celebrated today throughout the world. It is an issue on which Italy is doubly committed: one the one hand, promoting the protection of marine areas and, on the other, combating plastic waste harmful to the marine environment and fauna. On […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 June 2018
Italy supports the farmers of Herat and Bamyan

The Italian Government, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, has allocated two million euros to support Afghanistan’s agricultural sector and especially the rural communities of Herat and Bamyan. The project beneficiaries are approximately 5,000 small producers belonging to the high-value supply chain of saffron, honey, raisins, vegetables and fresh dairy products. The technical agreement […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 May 2018
Afghanistan – Italy gives IOM a million euros to help refugees

A million euros is allocated to IOM to fund humanitarian relief actions in the Afghan provinces of Herat and Nimroz, which are on the border with Iran. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has made these funds available to help over 285,000 refugees, who returned from Iran with no IDs. The number […]

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Events
24 May 2018
Africa Day

The Farnesina hosted an event today which opened with a message by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella The event dedicated to Africa Day 2018, in the year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela, hosted at the Farnesina today will open with a message by the President of the Italian Republic, […]

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Events
22 May 2018
Migration and the Demographic Dividend: mobility from Sub-Saharan Africa

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Italian Association for Women and Development (Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo – AIDOS) and with the support of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation today held the International Seminar “Migration and the Demographic Dividend: […]

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Press Releases
11 May 2018
Cooperation. Alfano:”Emergency humanitarian contribution to tackle a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano, said: “To tackle a new outbreak of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and precisely in the north-western Ikoko-Impegne area, and respond to a humanitarian call launched by the World Health Organization, Italy has allocated 300,000 euros from […]

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Events
8 May 2018
Food innovation, Italian expertise at ‘Seeds and Chips’ in Milan

Innovation in the food sector, from the field to the table, is the core of ‘Seeds and Chips. The Leading Food Innovation Summit in the World’, taking place in Milan from 7 to 10 May. This is one of the leading events at world level for promoting technologically advanced, but also eco-sustainable, solutions in the […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 May 2018
Sudan: Italy donates an operational unit for nutrition

“Italy is in the front line in Sudan in the fight against the malnutrition of pregnant women, young mothers and children under the age of five and to improve the healthcare system of the Country so as to ensure access to quality healthcare services to as many people as possible”, said Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Lobasso […]

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