Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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4 December 2012

NAIROBI – Mario Biondi concert for solidarity

The Italian Embassy in Nairobi will hold a concert this evening by Mario Biondi, one of the best-loved soul voices on the international musical panorama. The proceeds will go to an Italian Cooperation education project for the construction of a primary school for the poorest children of the coastal city of Malindi in Kenya. Every […]

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3 December 2012

Syria: Humanitarian aid Italy’s priority – emergency on Italo-French agenda

The Syrian humanitarian emergency was the focus of Minister Giulio Terzi’s discussions with his French colleague Laurent Fabius in the context of the Italo-French summit in Lyons. The subject will also be on the agenda of the meeting of the Friends of Syria scheduled for 11 and 12 December in Marrakesh. “We cannot turn a […]

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Press Releases

2 December 2012

Minister Terzi speaks by telephone with new foreign minister of Ethiopia Tewodros Adhanom

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi had a telephone meeting today with the new Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Tewodros Adhanom, to whom he extended congratulations on this prestigious appointment, underscoring that the excellent existing relations between Rome and Addis Ababa must be the basis on which to build an even more intense political […]

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2 December 2012

Minister Terzi speaks by telephone with President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition Mouaz Khatib

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi spoke today by telephone with President of the Syrian Opposition Coalition Mouaz Khatib to confirm Italy’s support for a Syrian people in the throes of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Assad regime. “We cannot turn a blind eye to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Syrian regime’s brutal […]

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29 November 2012

Sexual violence against children – Conference at the Farnesina. International initiatives must be placed on a systematic footing, says Belloni

The battle against sexual violence against children must be placed on a systematic footing by exchanging experiences and coordinating initiatives at the international level. That is the goal of the conference opened this morning at the Foreign Ministry in Rome. The conference is promoted by Italian Development Cooperation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, […]

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27 November 2012

Yemen: Managing migration flows, training courses in Italy

A course on migration-flow management for officials from Yemen, which each year sees over 100,000 immigrants arrive from the Horn of Africa, is now under way in Rome. The project, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organised by SudgestAid with the collaboration of Ancitel, envisages an information-register office system to improve refugee and […]

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27 November 2012

Italy-Afghanistan – Terzi-Rassoul meeting: We strongly believe in Afghanistan’s future

Italy “strongly believes in Afghanistan’s future […], a country where democracy is gaining ground, and strength. The next decade will be most important”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi at the end of his meeting at the Farnesina with his Afghan colleague, Zalmai Rassoul. “Work-in-progress that will bear fruit over the next […]

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26 November 2012

Minister Terzi receives the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, Fathallah Sijilmassi, at the Farnesina today. Minister Terzi underscored that Italy will continue to support the Arab Spring transition countries at the levels of political dialogue and economic cooperation. He confirmed Italy’s intention to enhance the role of the Union for […]

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22 November 2012

Cooperation €200,000 to wfp for hurricane Sandy

The Cooperation has undertaken a new project on behalf of the people of Haiti, heavily affected by the passage of Hurricane Sandy. The foreign ministry has earmarked an additional multilateral contribution of €200,000 to the UN World Food Program (WFP) for an emergency 7-month project (November 2012 to May 2013) hoping to reach approximately one […]

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21 November 2012

Dakar: Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days

Dakar will host the second edition of the Italo-Senegalese Cooperation Days on 3 and 4 December. The event will be a moment for reflection and encounter on the current strategy of the Italian Cooperation in that country, and allow for the promotion to local authorities and international donors of Italy’s activities in Senegal. It will […]

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21 November 2012

Quito: recovery plan for convent of St. Francis

An agreement was signed in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito between UNESCO and INPC [the national institute for cultural patrimony] of a plan for the integrated management and cultural and tourism-related enhancement of the Convent of St. Francis. The complex, consisting of a convent, a church and a museum, is considered the largest monastic complex […]

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19 November 2012

Pakistan: major italian archeological discovery

A major success for Italian archaeology in Pakistan: a pre-Buddhist necropolis in the area of Udegram in the northwest Swat Valley dating back to from 1,500 to 500 BC. The site was discovered within the context of the “Act- Fieldschool” (archeology, community, tourism) programme coordinated by the Italian Archaeology Mission directed by Prof. Luc Olivieri […]

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