The second edition of the cycle of theatrical events “The 5 senses of cooperation” was organised by the Cooperation Office of the Italian embassy and the Italo-Peruvian Fund, with the coordination of the Italian NGOs operating in Peru. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreBonino: “€1.1 million euro in private donations” Through “private initiatives” Italy has raised 1.1 million euro in aid for the Philippines, a sum that will be added to the funds the government has already made available for distribution by AGIRE and INTERSOS. This was the statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, who spoke […]
Read moreThe United Nations will be a participant in the 2015 Milan EXPO, thanks to the contract signed today at FAO by EXPO Commissioner Giuseppe Slala and Deputy Director of FAO Eduardo Rojas Briales. “Truly a major step”, Minister for Foreign Affair Emma Bonino called it. The UN system’s participation in the EXPO was “an absolutely […]
Read morePer contrastare i devastanti effetti del tifone Haiyan “l’Italia c’è, si è mossa in tempo” e ha già stanziato circa un milione di euro in aiuti. E’ quanto ha assicurato il Vice Ministro Lapo Pistelli al termine di una riunione sull’emergenza Filippine svoltasi questa mattina presso la Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo della […]
Read moreWith the intention of providing humanitarian assistance to 100,000 families (500,000 persons) for 18 months, Italy made a new multilateral contribution of €350,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies following the Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, which falls within its broader plan of one million euro in overall aid. Read […]
Read moreItaly has pledged one million euro in aid to the Philippines for the typhoon Haiyan emergency, which has left at least 10,000 dead. The announcement came from Deputy Minister with the remit for international cooperation Lapo Pistelli, who explained that “in the coming hours one million euro in emergency supplies for transport, food, medicines and […]
Read moreE’ stato presentato questa mattina alla Farnesina il “Piano di Azione sulla disabilità della Cooperazione Italiana” nel corso di una conferenza stampa a cui hanno partecipato il Vice Ministro degli Affari Esteri, Lapo Pistelli, il Direttore Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, Giampaolo Cantini, e i rappresentanti della Rete Italiana Disabilità e Sviluppo (RIDS): Pietro […]
Read moreMinister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino met today in Rome with United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Executive Director Jan Mattsson, with whom she discussed Italy’s intention to pursue collaboration with UNOPS, taking the opportunity to request an update on programmes under way. Bonino also expressed her appreciation for the high quality and sustainability […]
Read moreDirector General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini and representatives of the Rete Italiana Disabilità e Sviluppo (RIDS) will hold a press conference at 12:30 on Wednesday 30 October 2013 to launch the Italian Cooperation’s Disability Action Plan, fruit of a participatory process that began in 2011 with a MFA/DGCS-RIDS work group. The Italian Cooperation’s commitment […]
Read moreDirector General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini and representatives of the Rete Italiana Disabilità e Sviluppo (RIDS) will hold a press conference at 12:30 on Wednesday 30 October 2013 to launch the Italian Cooperation’s Disability Action Plan, fruit of a participatory process that began in 2011 with a MFA/DGCS-RIDS work group. The Italian Cooperation’s commitment […]
Read moreMercoledì 30 ottobre 2013, alle ore 12.30, il Direttore Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo Giampaolo Cantini e i rappresentanti della Rete Italiana Disabilità e Sviluppo (RIDS) terranno una conferenza stampa per il lancio del “Piano di Azione sulla disabilità della Cooperazione Italiana”, frutto di un processo partecipativo avviato dal 2011 con il Tavolo di […]
Read moreThe synergy between the MFA’s Directorate General for Development Cooperation and the Italian academic world received a boost through two conventions – one on a programme for the protection of the cultural heritage of El Salvador and another on a technical training programme – signed today by the Ministry with Università RomaTre and the National […]
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