Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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10 February 2015

Mexico – Italy and Mexico examine cooperation

Italy and Mexico examined bilateral cooperation during a conference on the subject held by our ambassador to Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, in conjunction with the closing of the exhibition “Masters of Italian Art of the 20th Century” at the Museum of History and Art in Leon, Guanajuato. The conference looked at the history of and […]

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30 January 2015

Alliance of Italian Cooperatives – “Cooperation a leading force in development of poor countries”

“Within the  context of international development cooperation, thanks to its values of mutual assistance and solidarity, the Cooperation can set an example for partner countries. What’s more,  precisely through these values and the ideals on which the concept of human equality and dignity rests, the Italian Cooperation offers to play a decisive role in the […]

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29 January 2015

Cooperation – Emergency contribution for people of Eastern Ukraine

In light of the serious humanitarian crisis resulting from clashes in Eastern Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation has earmarked an overall contribution 200,000 euro for emergency humanitarian interventions by the International Red Cross Committee (IRCC). Emergency assistance activities in concert with Ukraine Red Cross and local authoritiesA 100,000-euro contribution to the IRCC will go toward emergency […]

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29 January 2015

Cooperation – Emergency contribution for people of Eastern Ukraine

In light of the serious humanitarian crisis resulting from clashes in Eastern Ukraine, the Italian Cooperation has earmarked an overall contribution 200,000 euro for emergency humanitarian interventions by the International Red Cross Committee (IRCC). Emergency assistance activities in concert with Ukraine Red Cross and local authoritiesA 100,000-euro contribution to the IRCC will go toward emergency […]

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16 January 2015

Volunteers released: Gentiloni at Lower House, welcomes Vanessa and Greta in name of Italy

“Shortly after 4 a.m. I welcomed Greta and Vanessa at Ciampino airport in the name of the Italian government and Italy as a whole”. Minister Paolo Gentiloni made this statement while reporting to the Lower House on the release of the two Italian volunteers abducted last July in Syria, Teamwork The minister thanked the intelligence […]

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15 January 2015

Italy-Ethiopia: Gentiloni signs three cooperation accords

Minister Paolo Gentiloni signed three new cooperation accords with Ethiopia during a visit to Addis Ababa, on food security, socio-economic support for women and healthcare system development. Ethiopia important for Italian cooperation “Ethiopia is one of our cooperation’s most important countries”, Gentiloni underscored, expressing his satisfaction with the results of this past year within the […]

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24 December 2014

Gentiloni visits refugee camp in Erbil – “We’re proud of you”, he tells Italian military

“I hope that Europe and Italy can do more” to alleviate the humanitarian crisis, “of which Kurdistan is bearing the heaviest weight”. These were the words of Minister Paolo Gentiloni, visiting the refugee camp at Bahrka, about 40 minutes from Erbil. Run by the UNHCR along with Italian NGOs Intersos and Un Ponte Per, the […]

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Press Releases

2 December 2014

Ebola: Signing of MFAIC-Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases

The MFAIC’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation today signed a convention with Rome’s Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases on an emergency intervention in Sierra Leone, valued at EUR 250,000, to help fight the spread of the Ebola virus. These Development Cooperation funds will allow the Spallanzani Institute to supply technical assistance to the Sierra Leone […]

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1 December 2014

Lebanon – Vivicittà Marathon

The Vivicittà Marathon returns to Tiro, in Lebanon – where the Italian UNIFIL contingent is deployed, and that has helped organise the event – with a message of peace and inter-cultural and interfaith dialogue. Approximately 1,500 children will participate in Sunday’s race for peace and solidarity organized by Unione Italiana Sport per Tutti (UISP), UNRWA […]

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28 November 2014

Comunicato congiunto Ministero degli Esteri – Ministero dell’Interno

The new character and emergency nature of the migration flows affecting Europe’s borders, especially our southern borders, and the policies to address them were the focus of an informal meeting of foreign affairs and interior ministers of the European Union called in Rome by the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The […]

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27 November 2014

Italy-Niger: Deputy Minister Pistelli and Minister Cissé sign an agreement for a rural infrastructure development and market access project

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, and the Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development, and Community Development of Niger, Amadou Boubacar Cissé, met today at the Farnesina. They signed an agreement for the granting of aid credit of 20 million euros for a market access and rural infrastructure project […]

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26 November 2014

Manila – Gusi Peace Prize goes to Luigi Pellegrini

Italian pharmacist Luigi Pellegrini has been awarded the Gusi Peace Prize 2014 for Innovation and Health. The award, presented on 26 November 2014 in Manila, in the Philippines, is one of Asia’s most important. It is awarded to individuals who have distinguished themselves in the promotion of peace and respect for life and human dignity, […]

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