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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Press Releases
31 July 2025
Visit of Deputy Minister Cirielli to the Horn of Africa: cooperation agreements with Ethiopia and action plan with Eritrea

The four-day visit to Ehiopia and Eritrea by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, has concluded. In Addis Ababa, Deputy Minister Cirielli was part of Prime Minister Meloni’s delegation to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS +4), co-organised by Italy and Ethiopia, where he was the keynote speaker at […]

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Press Releases
25 July 2025
Italian Cooperation and ICCROM sign agreement to strengthen craft skills in cultural heritage conservation in Africa

The Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today signed an agreement at the Farnesina with ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) to launch the initiative “Towards sustainable development in Africa: strengthening craft skills in cultural heritage conservation”, funded by a EUR 6 […]

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Press Releases
25 July 2025
Undersecretary Silli’s mission to Mozambique

Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Giorgio Silli, carried out an official mission to Mozambique from 24 to 25 July, during which he held high-level meetings with representatives of the Mozambican government, civil society, and the private sector. Throughout an intensive agenda of institutional meetings — including with the Secretary of State […]

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Diplomatic Network
22 July 2025
Mali, Ambassador Dejak takes part in the Diaspora Forum

The Italian Ambassador to Mali, Stefano A. Dejak, took part in the International Diaspora Forum held in Bamako, participating in a panel discussion alongside the Minister for Malians abroad and African integration, Mossa Ag Attaher, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Niger, Bakary Yaou Sangaré, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, Karamoko […]

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Press Releases
15 July 2025
Delivery of Italian humanitarian aid to Myanmar

A plane operated by the Italian Cooperation and carrying humanitarian relief supplies for the civilian population of Myanmar landed this morning in Yangon. The shipment, arranged by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the request of Deputy Minister Edmondo Cirielli, who is responsible for Development Cooperation, was received today by staff […]

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Press Releases
9 July 2025
New aid from the Italian Foreign Ministry for the Paediatric Hospital in Odesa. Cirielli chairs Joint Committee for Development Cooperation

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Edmondo Cirielli, today chaired the fourth meeting of the Joint Committee for Development Cooperation 2025, held at the Farnesina. The Committee approved a package of projects and programmes worth over EUR 66 million, in line with the 2025 Programming Document, already outlined during the previous meeting […]

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Press Releases
1 July 2025
Deputy Minister Cirielli in Seville participated in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli, led the Italian delegation in Seville that participated in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), the main event of the UN agenda for 2025 dedicated specifically to financial instruments to promote cooperation projects.  Besides officials from the Foreign Ministry, the […]

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In detail
1 July 2025
Adoption by the Council of Ministers of the Three-year Programming and Policy Planning Document (PPPD) 2024-2026 for Development Cooperation 2024–2026

On 20 June, the Council of Ministers adopted the Three-year Programming and Policy Planning Document (PPPD) 2024-2026 for Development Cooperation for the period 2024–2026. As required by art. 12 of Law 125/2014, the PPPD obtained approval from the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation – CICS and acquired the opinions of the Parliamentary Committees, the National […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 June 2025
Memorandum of Understanding on labour corridors for refugees signed

A new Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Labour, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Diaconia Valdese, Pathways International, and Talent Beyond Boundaries. The agreement, made possible through new provisions under Law 50/2023, will enable selected refugees abroad […]

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