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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Press Releases
15 October 2025
Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli opens the First International Conference on Green Cities

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs with responsibility for Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, opened the First International Conference on Green Cities, held in Rome and organised by FAO and UN-Habitat in collaboration with the Italian Government. The event highlighted the “Green Cities” initiative, launched by FAO in 2020 to promote sustainable urban development in 1,000 cities worldwide, […]

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Press Releases
13 October 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli met with OECD officials at the Foreign Ministry for reviewing the Italian development cooperation system.

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today received at the Foreign Ministry a delegation from the OECD engaged in the peer review process of the Italian development cooperation system, a process that will affect our country until next year. The delegation included representatives from Germany, Iceland, and the Secretariat of […]

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Press Releases
7 October 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli in Naples for the presentation of the MACORESI project

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, participated today in a press conference to present the initiative “MACORESI – MAternità COnsapevole REsponsabile e SIcura (Conscious, Responsible and Safe Maternity)”, funded by Italian Cooperation with an allocation of EUR 2.1 million. The initiative will be implemented by the University of Campania Luigi […]

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Press Releases
3 October 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli chaired the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation on 3 October

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, chaired the fifth meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2025 at the Foreign Ministry today. A package of measures worth a total of over €123 million was adopted, in line with the 2025 Programme adopted at the Committee meeting chaired by […]

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Press Releases
30 September 2025
New group of 15 sick children arrives from Gaza: to be treated in Italian hospitals

The first C-130 aircraft of the Italian Air Force has arrived from Eilat (Israel), carrying a new group of Palestinian minors from Gaza. The patients were welcomed to Italy as part of the fifteenth humanitarian evacuation operation carried out by the country. On this occasion too, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to urgent appeals […]

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Press Releases
18 September 2025
Italian Cooperation humanitarian cargo lands in Syria

A humanitarian cargo from the Italian Cooperation landed today in Damascus, aimed at supporting the recovery of the Syrian hospital sector. The flight departed from the UN World Food Programme’s Humanitarian Response Depot in Brindisi. By sending electro-medical equipment, including defibrillators, paediatric ventilators, and ultrasound machines, the Italian Foreign Ministry is providing advanced technological tools […]

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Press Releases
15 September 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli at the Launch Conference of the UNESCO Chair at the University of Naples L’Orientale

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, spoke today at the Conference launching the new UNESCO Chair in Education, Gender Equality, and Climate Action, held in English, at the University of Naples L’Orientale. The candidacy for the new UNESCO Chair, submitted by the Neapolitan university as part of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs […]

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Press Releases
31 August 2025
Meeting between Minister Antonio Tajani and Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian. Visits to Gazan children hospitalised in Rome

Tomorrow, 1 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will meet with the Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Varsen Aghabekian, in Rome. The meeting comes just a few days after Italy signed a joint declaration with Saudi Arabia on the commitment to build a stable, peaceful and prosperous Middle […]

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Press Releases
28 August 2025
First delivery of animal feed to the Gaza Strip through Food for Gaza

Italy’s commitment to supporting the population of the Gaza Strip continues, including through cooperation with the FAO under the Food for Gaza programme launched by Minister Tajani in 2024. Between Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 August, 60 tonnes of high-nutritional-value animal feed entered the Strip. The feed is currently being packaged in Gaza, while yesterday […]

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Press Releases
23 August 2025
Participation of Minister Tajani at the Rimini Meeting Tomorrow

On August 24, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, will attend the Rimini Meeting. This year’s edition is expected to attract over 800,000 visitors, and now in its 46th year, the Meeting continues to stand out as a major international event promoting the values of peace and […]

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Press Releases
13 August 2025
New group of children from Gaza to receive medical care in Italy arriving tonight

Three special flights of the Italian Air Force, carrying a group of Palestinian children evacuated from the Gaza Strip who will receive medical treatment in Italy, are departing from Eilat Airport in southern Israel. The first aircraft is scheduled to arrive this evening at Rome – Ciampino Airport, where the group will be welcomed on […]

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