Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Press Releases

29 January 2016

Cooperation: the joint development cooperation committee approves its first resolutions

“Thanks to the new code of procedures, the guidelines and the procedures approved today, civil society organisations and other non-profit organisations will be able to play an active part in the Italian development cooperation system. It is an important new stage on the route to reform Italian cooperation”. Thus commented the Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

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Press Releases

29 January 2016

New Deputy Minister Mario Giro: Cooperation is instrumental to internationalisation

“I would like to thank the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, for my new appointment and the faith shown in entrusting me an assignment I believe to be important and strategic for the times in which we live: cooperation is instrumental to enhancing democracy and to spreading the positive face of an Italy that knows how […]

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Press Releases

28 January 2016

Ethiopia: Italy to contribute 1 million euros to WFP and FAO for food emergency

In response to the serious emergency situation caused by the “El Nino” climate phenomenon, that for months has been affecting the Horn of Africa, and Ethiopia in particular, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has decided to allocate one million euros for food security interventions in Ethiopia. The Italian cooperation funding will […]

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Interviews

24 January 2016

Gentiloni launches a challenge: peace is possible in Syria. «Beyond the embargo, with humanitarian corridors and aid”

«Pressure must be exerted on two fronts: engaging the regime into opening humanitarian corridors and, through negotiations, obtaining a ceasefire in order to mitigate the ongoing tragedy», said Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni commenting the situation in Syria. He has a clear stance on the fact that the war in Syria, with its cities under siege, […]

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In detail

18 January 2016

Ho Chi Minh – Italian medical volunteers on an international mission in Vietnam

Interethnos Interplast Italy, an Italian association of volunteers in reconstructive plastic surgery went  on a mission to Bien Hoa for two weeks, in the southern province of Dong Nai. The mission was organized by the Italian Consulate General scheme in Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the town’s general hospital and local authorities and […]

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Press Releases

13 January 2016

Foreign Ministry Pledges 1.4 million euros for Emergency Humanitarian Aid in Libya

Italian Development Cooperation Department has planned a 1.4 million euro humanitarian aid package for Libya to support primary emergency interventions by international organisations operating in the Country. The package will focus on activities to protect the more vulnerable communities and prevent irregular migration along the Mediterranean route, as well as on the provision of healthcare […]

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Press Releases

12 January 2016

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italy on the front line for besieged Syrians forced into hunger

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently on the front line of the extraordinary efforts being made to reach areas like Madaya, Zabadani, Foah and Kufraya, where the population is living under siege and in atrocious conditions in terms of food and nutrition. For this purpose, the Directorate General for Development Cooperation has approved […]

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22 December 2015

Bosnia – Italian help for communities hit by floods continues

Italy continues to help the institutions and communities of Bosnia Herzegovina affected by flooding last year. As part of the reconstruction effort, the Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) at the Farnesina has donated equipment to five farming associations and 57 businesses run by women in the Maglaj region. The project amounts to one million […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2015

Italy and European Commission launch first Trust Fund Africa project

One month on from the Euro-Africa summit in La Valletta, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and MFAIC Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini signed the first contract within the context of the EU Trust Fund regarding the deep-seated causes of migration from Africa. By this agreement, the European Commission delegates […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2015

Italy and European Commission launch first Trust Fund Africa project

One month on from the Euro-Africa summit in La Valletta, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica and MFAIC Director General for Development Cooperation Giampaolo Cantini signed the first contract within the context of the EU Trust Fund regarding the deep-seated causes of migration from Africa. By this agreement, the European Commission delegates […]

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15 December 2015

South Africa – Embassy of Italy awards competition prizes

The Embassy of Italy in South Africa awarded the prizes to the four winners – Itumeleng Moleko (first prize winner), Nhleketo Nkanyane, Duduzile Mahlangu and Ntokozo Maluleka – of a photography contest involving 28 students of the Rivoningo elementary school in Soshanguvu, Pretoria. The participants were asked to photograph their daily activities with digital cameras […]

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15 December 2015

Pakistan – Italian experts on the ground for Multan

Italy has always stood by Pakistan in the defence of its cultural treasures. Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo was present for the signing of a project that will place Italian experts with the “Sustainable, Social, Economic and Environmental Revitalization in the Historic Core of Multan City” project, developed by the Milan Polytechnic Foundation with the support of […]

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