Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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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Press Releases

5 June 2018

Minister Moavero expresses his condolences for the victims of the volcano eruption in Guatemala

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, said: “I wish to express my personal and the government’s heartfelt condolences for the victims of Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano, a tragic eruption that has claimed the lives of at least 70 people. Deeply saddened, I extend my sincere sympathies to the families of the […]

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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

“The culture of food: social inclusion, sustainable development and cultural identity”

Food is the expression of the cultural identity of peoples and nations and a key element for sustainable development and social cohesion. For the first time, and thanks to Italy, food is the featured element of a UNESCO initiative that involves 195 Countries that are part of the Organisation. As the perfect continuation of 2015 […]

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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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Diplomatic Network

16 May 2018

Myanmar: valorizzazione del sito archeologico di Mrauk-U

“Il Myanmar continua a rimanere un Paese importante per la Cooperazione e l’Italia, grazie alla sua consolidata esperienza nel settore della valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale, può offrire un contributo determinante per lo sviluppo dello Stato Rakhine, in linea con le raccomandazioni della Commissione Annan”, così si è espresso l’Ambasciatore Pier Giorgio Aliberti in occasione della […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 May 2018

Giordania: Firmato nuovo accordo quadro per la cooperazione allo sviluppo

Il Ministro della Pianificazione e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Imad Fakhoury e l’Ambasciatore d’Italia ad Amman, Giovanni Brauzzi, hanno firmato il 13 maggio il nuovo Accordo Quadro per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, che sostituisce e innova il precedente Accordo del 1966. Il nuovo accordo avvia una cooperazione strutturata, anche a medio e lungo termine, in favore […]

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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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