Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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29 August 2014

Ebola: Farnesina earmarks another 1.5m euro for emergency

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has outlined an approximately 1.5 million euro emergency intervention programme to fight the Ebola epidemic affecting some Western African countries. The Italian Cooperation has earmarked 240,000 euro for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to send doctors, medical supplies and equipment, and boost epidemiological surveillance and provide logistical […]

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12 August 2014

Bolivia – Italy a partner in juvenile justice riform

Ambassador of Italy to La Paz Luigi De Chiara recently attended the opening of the women’s section of the Qalauma rehabilitation centre, financed by the Italian Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of efforts to ensure better prisons in Bolivia. Other participants included Bolivian Minister for Justice Elizabeth Sandra Gutierrez […]

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7 August 2014

Cooperation Stories: Italy-Senegal: Round-trip – The “diaspora for sustainable growth”

The PLASEPRI programme supports the private sector and make the most of the Senegalese diaspora in Italy. Interview with Mariarosa Stevan, former director of the Dakar UTL Transform the Senegalese diaspora in Italy, one of the most numerous, to generate sustainable development is the goal of PLASEPRI, a bilateral Italian Cooperation programme operating in Senegal […]

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Press Releases

6 August 2014

Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli in Baghdad and Erbil after Jerusalem

Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli arrived in the Iraqi capital this morning, where he had meetings with the Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Nazar Al Khairullah, the Deputy Prime Minister and interim Foreign Minister Hussein Al Shahristani, representatives of the Shiite community, President of the Parliament Salim Al Jubouri and newly-elected President of the Republic Fouad […]

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5 August 2014

Israel and Iraq: Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli begins 3-day visit to the front

Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli is about to embark on a demanding 3-day trip for the purpose of carrying Italy’s message of solidarity to the planet’s “hottest” spots: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Baghdad and Erbil. He took off this morning from the UN base at Brindisi on board a humanitarian flight for Tel Aviv carrying 30 […]

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Press Releases

4 August 2014

Humanitarian aid flown in for the people of Gaza

A flight carrying humanitarian aid donated by the Italian Cooperation for the people of Gaza will leave the United Nations base in Brindisi tomorrow for Tel Aviv airport The plane, which will also be carrying Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli, will deliver 30 tonnes of emergency supplies include tents, blankets, emergency power generators, drinking water […]

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Interviews

4 August 2014

Pistelli: «Not merely aid, but true cooperation, » (Il Sole 24 ore)

Dopo venti anni, grazie al lavoro dei parlamentari di tutti i gruppi politici, al contributo della società civile, all’impegno dei due relatori, Lia Quartapelle e Giorgio Tonini, il Senato ha approvato l’altro ieri la riforma della cooperazione allo sviluppo. La gloriosa legge 49/87 va in pensione e lascia il posto a un’idea di cooperazione più […]

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2 August 2014

Pistelli: «Not merely aid, but true cooperation, » (Il Sole 24 ore)

Dopo quasi trent`anni e molti tentativi falliti, ieri è stata approvata definitivamente la riforma della cooperazione. Molte le novità, da quelle simboliche – come la trasformazione del Mae in «Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale» – a quelle di sostanza, come la nascita di un`Agenzia che erogherà gli aiuti utilizzando Cassa depositi e […]

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Press Releases

1 August 2014

Cooperation: Pistelli, with reform cooperation becomes “key part” of foreign policy

“With this reform, cooperation will no longer be merely an “integral part” of foreign policy, but a key” one, commented Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli on today’s approval – after almost 30 years and three attempts in the course of six legislatures – of the law on cooperation reform. “The new legislation”, Pistelli added, “provides […]

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1 August 2014

Cooperation: Mogherini cites reform as major victory after 27 years

According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, the new law on cooperation is a major victory. “The reform has finally been approved, after 27 years of unsuccessful attempts, a few months from the start of the Renzi government, and is a great achievement”, she said. “It is also cause for great personal satisfaction for […]

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1 August 2014

Bolivia – I militari a lezione di prevenzione degli incendi (in translation)

“Prevenzione e controllo di incendi forestali – tecniche di uso controllato del fuoco”. E’ questo il titolo di un corso di formazione che si e’ tenuto dal 28 al 30 luglio, presso il Collegio militare dell’Esercito Gualberto Villarroel a La Paz. L’iniziativa e’ stata organizzata dal Programma Amazonia sin Fuego (Pasf) e dal locale viceministero […]

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28 July 2014

Italy-Sudan – Healthcare collaboration guidelines

Italian ambassador to Khartoum Armando Barucco joined Sudanese Minister for Health Bahar Idriss Abu Garda in signing the Country Health Compact on collaboration between that ministry and international partners on healthcare sector development. The document’s main points include compliance with the healthcare guidelines – most specifically those of the National Strategic Plan –, Sudanese actors’ […]

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