Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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14 October 2014

Ethiopia – Italy working to improve health in south-central Ethiopia

Italy’s commitment to improve health inEthiopia has made further progress with the opening of the building that will host the local health department for the Oromia region, in the country’s centre-south. The opening was attended by the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Mistretta, and Don Dante Carraro, director of Doctors with Africa–CUAMM, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). The […]

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Accreditation Notices

7 October 2014

NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Tavola Rotonda “Humanitarian Aid in Europe” (Farnesina, 10 ottobre 2014)

Venerdì 10 ottobre 2014, alle ore 09.45, in occasione della Presidenza Italiana dell’UE, avrà luogo alla Farnesina la Tavola Rotonda “Humanitarian Aid in Europe” alla presenza del Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Lapo Pistelli e del Direttore Generale ECHO Claus Sørensen. Alla Tavola Rotonda, organizzata da Voice e Link 2007, parteciperanno […]

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Accreditation Notices

7 October 2014

NOTA DI SERVIZIO PER I REDATTORI CAPO: Tavola Rotonda “Humanitarian Aid in Europe” (Farnesina, 10 ottobre 2014)

Venerdì 10 ottobre 2014, alle ore 09.45, in occasione della Presidenza Italiana dell’UE, avrà luogo alla Farnesina la Tavola Rotonda “Humanitarian Aid in Europe” alla presenza del Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Lapo Pistelli e del Direttore Generale ECHO Claus Sørensen. Alla Tavola Rotonda, organizzata da Voice e Link 2007, parteciperanno […]

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6 October 2014

‎Quito – Italy supports restoration of convent complex

Italy once again earned recognition for its contribution to the project for the restoration and upgrade of the San Francisco convent complex in Quito. The Ecuadoran capital recently hosted a ceremony during which the most important of the interventions already completed were illustrated along with a complete management plan for the complex, the most important […]

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30 September 2014

EU: Pistelli calls for stronger cooperation between civil protection and humanitarian aid

“As the European Union, we have a moral and political duty to act, promptly and effectively, in cases of natural disaster and to put in place preventive mechanisms to mitigate the effects of catastrophes”. Speaking was Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli as he opened the 33rd meeting of the European Union’s Directors General for Civil Protection. […]

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26 September 2014

Italy at the UN General Assembly. Summary of meetings, proposals and initiatives

The UN General Assembly has just concluded a full week of meetings, proposals and initiatives. Italy’s contribution to the themes on agenda, in addition to the two emergencies – the fight against terrorism and the threats of ISIS and the Ebola virus –included participation in high-level meetings, such as that of Premier Matteo Renzi, accompanied […]

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25 September 2014

Ebola emergency – Italian Cooperation intervention plan

The United Nations is mobilising to fight the Ebola virus epidemic by creating an international coalition. A recent unanimously approved Security Council resolution identified the Ebola epidemic as a “threat to international peace and security”. A meeting is now to be held at head of state and government level of the countries affected and major […]

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24 September 2014

UN: the role of women in food security. Mogherini, Italy’s contribution. The “Women for Expo” initiative

The conference on gender equality in food security, held within the framework of the 69th session of the UNGA, came to a close with a speech delivered by Minister Mogherini. Other speakers at the event promoted by Italy in collaboration with UN Women, with the co-sponsorship of Ghana, the World Food Program and the International […]

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Press Releases

24 September 2014

UN: Minister Mogherini at Women for EXPO 2015

Minister Mogherini today closes “Feeding the Planet – Empowering women: the food and nutrition security challenge. Beijng+ 20 – Women for EXPO 2015”, an event being held in the margins of the opening of the 69th General Assembly, and moderated by newly-appointed coordinator for the UN’s “Scaling up Nutrition” movement Tom Arnold. Speakers will include […]

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17 September 2014

Cisgiordania – Piano italiano per gestione rifiuti (in translation)

CEVSI inaugurated an Italian plan for the better management of solid urban waste in the West Bank that took 3 years to complete and was co-financed by the Farnesina’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation (1.095m€ of a 1.5m€ total), and which also involved local institutions, communities and civil society. Read more, in Italian.

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15 September 2014

Iraq: Mogherini at International Conference in Paris – ISIS – a threat that knows no borders. Urgent action needed

ISIS is “a global threat that knows no borders”. In Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini’s opinion, it is vital for the international community to act: on the military level but also, and above all, on the political and humanitarian levels. “We all agree on the need to act together and on the urgency of doing so”, […]

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5 September 2014

Khartoum – Italian donation will enable WFP to help 20,000 people

From Rome to Khartoum flying the flag of solidarity. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a donation of 950,000 dollars from the Italian Government that will enable the organisation to provide more help to over 20,000 vulnerable people in the Kassala and Red Sea states, in eastern Sudan. “We are very grateful […]

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