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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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8 May 2014
EXPO 2015 – Ban Ki-moon in Rome

EXPO 2015 “comes in a crucial year for the United Nations: not only will we be evaluating our success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals but we will also be introducing a new global development agenda”. These were the words of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking at the reception co-hosted by Foreign Minister […]

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Press Releases
7 May 2014
First meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and senior representatives of international law organisations based in Italy

“Together for human rights, the rule of law and governance”. That is how the first meeting between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and senior representatives of the international law organisations based in Italy could be summed up. The meeting, which took place at the Farnesina, was chaired by Secretary General Michele Valensise. Under-Secretary Mario Giro […]

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Press Releases
6 May 2014
Ministero Affari Esteri e Expo Milano 2015 presentano in anteprima a Roma la partecipazione dell’ONU all’Esposizione Universale

On Wednesday 7 May Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and the Government’s Commissioner for Expo Milano 2015, Giuseppe Sala, will host a joint event in Rome presenting a “preview” of the United Nations organisations’ participation in the Universal Exposition, in honour of the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. “In 2015, a year that will see the […]

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6 May 2014
Cooperation – Investment growing in spite of cuts says Pistelli

Italy has made progress in international cooperation, but needs to do more. That was the message contained in the latest “Peer Review” on Italy conducted by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The report was presented at a meeting at the Chamber of Deputies attended by Deputy Speaker Marina Sereni, Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, […]

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Press Releases
24 April 2014
El Salvador: incontro Giro-Sanchez Ceren

Il Sottosegretario agli Esteri, Mario Giro ha incontrato oggi all’Istituto Italo Latinoamericano (IILA) il Presidente di El Salvador, Sanchez Ceren, in visita a Roma. Il Sottosegretario ha espresso il suo apprezzamento per l’impegno del neopresidente a collaborare con l’opposizione per risolvere gli squilibri sociali che alimentano il clima di insicurezza nel Paese. Le recenti elezioni […]

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22 April 2014
Environment – Cooperation and the Red Sea

The shores of the Red Sea are an uncontaminated wealth of marine life and Italy is committed to conserving that natural patrimony through support for the Egyptian Debt Conversion Programme and the activities of the Egyptian NGO HEPCA. The initiative aims to promote the socio-economic development of the marine area and the coastline, in synergy […]

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22 April 2014
Cooperation – Guatemala, Italy backs coffee growers

The Italian Cooperation is backing coffee growers in Guatemala through a multilateral emergency contribution of 200,000 USD for an urgent intervention by FAO in response to the emergency caused by a coffee plant fungus that is generating serious economic and food security consequences. Aid to 1200 growers in Huista region The project, already agreed on […]

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17 April 2014
ENEA-Italian Development Cooperation agreement – Goal: to strengthen collaboration in the fields of energy efficiency, renewables, environment and climate

The Director General for Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Giampaolo Cantini, and Giovanni Lelli, Commissioner at the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), signed a Protocol of Understanding today, 17 April 2014, at the Ministry. The agreement is intended to strengthen and provide a framework for […]

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16 April 2014
Childhood in Senegal – Development Cooperation-UNICEF project “Combating trafficking and the worst forms of child labour”

Trafficking, child labour and sexual exploitation. Childhood in Senegal is often violated by these abuses, which Italy and UNICEF are fighting with a prevention, recovery and protection project. February 2014 saw the end of stage 2 of the project: “Combating trafficking and the worst forms of child labour”. The initiative was funded by Italian Development […]

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14 April 2014
Italy-Somalia: Giro-Osman Jawari meeting

Under-Secretary Mario Giro met the Speaker of the Somali Parliament, Mohamed Osman Jawari, at the Farnesina today for discussions that included the AMISOM Mission, the political and stabilisation processes, and development cooperation. AMISOM Mission and political process The meeting was a valuable opportunity to exchange information and views on the situation in Somalia with respect […]

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Press Releases
14 April 2014
Syria: Farnesina makes multilateral emergency contribution to OCHA

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will make a multilateral emergency contribution of 200,000 euro to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for a programme aimed at the satellite monitoring of Syria that will allow the UN to monitor compliance with the obligations set out in Security Council resolution no. 2139 on access […]

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10 April 2014
Italy-Angola – Pistelli, partner-building initiatives

Within the context of “excellent bilateral relations” and the solid “economic partnership” underscored by Minister Federica Mogherini in a message, “let’s make the best of what we have available, in such a way that the great leap forward in all sectors of the Angolan economy can also be said to stem from Italian expertise”, asserted […]

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