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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Diplomatic Network
11 July 2018
Partnership agreement signed to promote sustainable agriculture

A partnership agreement was signed promoting sustainable agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) recently partnered with the FAO and with three of the major public research agencies in Italy: the National Research Council (CNR); the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis (CREA); and […]

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Press Releases
5 July 2018
Undersecretary Emanuela Del Re meets the “Vento di Terra” Association

Undersecretary Emanuela Del Re received a delegation from the “Vento di Terra” Association and the Change.org platform who submitted a 400,000 name petition against the demolition of the so-called “Rubber Tyre School” in Khan Al Ahmar village on the West Bank. It had been financed by the Italian Development Cooperation and built by Vento di […]

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Diplomatic Network
2 July 2018
Italian Embassy in Sudan launches the initiative Ape Felice

On the occasion of the Italian National Day’s Celebrations, the Italian Embassy in Sudan has launched a new initiative of solidarity entitled “Ape Felice”. Recently acquired in Khartoum, a three-wheeled Ape City for people transport, produced by the Italian company Piaggio (the firm is in a phase of advanced negotiation in order to finalize a […]

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Press Releases
28 June 2018
Humanitarian flight for Niger

In response to an appeal by the Niger authorities, and following the operations carried out on 24 April and 25 May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation organised a third humanitarian flight of the Italian Cooperation Service for Niger. The Air Force flight took off from Pisa and headed to Niamey, carrying hard-to-find […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 June 2018
Mission for the Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries

Roberto Natali, the Special Envoy for the Caribbean countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), went on a new mission which included meetings in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. In Barbados Mr Natali also met the President of the Caribbean Development Bank.  […]

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Press Releases
21 June 2018
The Italian Cooperation Agency makes an emergency contribution for Guatemala

In order to tackle the humanitarian crisis provoked by the eruption of the Volcano del Fuego in Guatemala, the Italian Cooperation Agency has provided to make a multilateral emergency financing of 200,000 euros. This contribution responds to the appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which is engaged […]

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Diplomatic Network
20 June 2018
Gambia: the Italian Cooperation service committed to assure vaccines

The components of the delegation that will travel to Gambia on an awareness-raising programme promoted by GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, will be from 6 national newspapers and media organisations (La Repubblica, La Stampa, Mediaset, Wired, F Magazine, Vanity Fair).   The initiative, which envisages a series of institutional meetings in Banjul […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 June 2018
Bolivia: Italy promotes universal access to water​

Italian Ambassador Placido Vigo and Chancellor Fernando Huanacuni signed an agreement to implement the “National Programme for the Collection of Water for Life”, an initiative financed by the Italian Development Cooperation service through 25 million euros in tied aid, at an official ceremony held at the Tiwanaku Hall of the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

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Diplomatic Network
8 June 2018
Clean our Ocean

‘Clean our Ocean’ is the theme dedicated to this year’s World Oceans Day that is celebrated today throughout the world. It is an issue on which Italy is doubly committed: one the one hand, promoting the protection of marine areas and, on the other, combating plastic waste harmful to the marine environment and fauna. On […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 June 2018
Italy supports the farmers of Herat and Bamyan

The Italian Government, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, has allocated two million euros to support Afghanistan’s agricultural sector and especially the rural communities of Herat and Bamyan. The project beneficiaries are approximately 5,000 small producers belonging to the high-value supply chain of saffron, honey, raisins, vegetables and fresh dairy products. The technical agreement […]

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Diplomatic Network
30 May 2018
Afghanistan – Italy gives IOM a million euros to help refugees

A million euros is allocated to IOM to fund humanitarian relief actions in the Afghan provinces of Herat and Nimroz, which are on the border with Iran. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has made these funds available to help over 285,000 refugees, who returned from Iran with no IDs. The number […]

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