This site uses technical (necessary) and analytics cookies.
By continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies.

Image headerCooperazione allo Sviluppo
In detail
23 May 2013
FORUM PA 2013: Europe closer to citizens as we approach the 2014 elections

Democratic deficit and strategies to bring citizens closer to the EU, in the run-up to the European elections in 2014. Those were the features of the Europe that emerged from today’s conference on “The European Union, European Citizenship, European Democracy: the position one year before the European elections in 2014”, organised by the Ministry of […]

Read more
In detail
23 May 2013
Cooperation: new help for the Palestinian people

Chaired for the first time by Minister Emma Bonino, Italian Development Cooperation’s steering committee has approved three important contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The funding is intended for initiatives on behalf of the Palestinian people. Assistance for refugees Two of the contributions concern emergency initiatives. The first, worth 1.5 million […]

Read more
In detail
22 May 2013
HERAT – Cutuli Foundation School Long-Listed for the Aga Khan Award

An Italian school is one of the 20 candidates for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013. A school that is very special, in view not just of its location but also of its creators. The primary school in Herat was set up thanks to the Maria Grazia Cutuli Foundation, named after the journalist killed […]

Read more
In detail
21 May 2013
UN: Water agenda an integral part of foreign policy, says Bonino

“The water agenda must be an integral part of our foreign policy. Because a water agenda means an agenda for peace, social inclusion, rights and development. Investing in water is also a way to foster growth”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, speaking at a meeting of the UNSG’s Advisory Board on […]

Read more
In detail
20 May 2013
Afghanistan: Italy facilitates EU Ambassadors’ visit to Herat

A group of over 20 European Union ambassadors accredited in Afghanistan took part in an unprecedented visit to Herat province, at the initiative of the Italian Embassy. They met the Governor of the Province, Daoud Shah Saba; the public prosecutor, Maria Bashir; and the head of Regional Command West (RC-W), Brigadier General Ignazio Gamba The Ambassadors […]

Read more
In detail
10 May 2013
UN – Battaggia candidate for DG UNIDO has Bonino support

Minister for Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino expressed her “full support” for the candidacy of Diana Battaggia for Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in a message delivered on the occasion of the candidate’s presentation in Vienna of her proposal to relaunch the organisation as a leader in the “development of emerging […]

Read more
In detail
2 May 2013
MALINDI – Italy funds hospital operating theatre

Italy is helping improve Kenya’s healthcare provision, with a new operating theatre in Malindi District Hospital funded by Lombardy Region. The opening ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the San Matteo Policlinico, Alessandro Moneta; the Governor of Kilifi, Amason Kingi; authorities from Lombardy Region and the Province of Pavia; and the Italian Ambassador to […]

Read more
In detail
23 April 2013
Puntland: 15 4x4s for local police and short-wave radio station

Brand new vehicles and a fundamental instrument for radio communication to lead the population of Puntland toward a future of renewed development: a ceremony was held in Garowe, the capital of the North East region of Somalia, on 21 April for the official presentation of 15 Toyota 4x4s to the local police and of a […]

Read more
In detail
22 April 2013
COOPERAZIONE – Italia in campo per Sanita’ Pubblica Palestinese (in translation)

Contribuire allo sviluppo della sanità pubblica palestinese e, attraverso il miglioramento delle condizioni di vita, favorire la distensione tra i popoli in Medio Oriente. Queste la finalita’ del progetto di cooperazione italo-palestinese promosso dalla Seconda universita’ di Napoli (Sun). In collaborazione con altri atenei e istituzioni scientifiche, i docenti della Sun si occuperanno della formazione […]

Read more
In detail
21 April 2013
Syria: Friends of Syria meet in Istanbul, political solution to end bloodbath

At the end of a marathon meeting in Istanbul that ended at 1:00 in the morning, the foreign ministers of the 11 Westerns and Muslim country members of the Friends of Syria, Italy included, called for the launch of negotiations toward a political solution capable of ending the bloodbath. 123 million dollars in non-lethal aid […]

Read more