Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

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6 October 2015

Italian Cooperation earmarks one million euro multilateral emergency contribution for aid to displaced Somalis

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation approved a one million euro voluntary multilateral emergency contribution to the activities of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and in particular for the project known as “From Emergency Response to Durable Solutions: Providing Assistance to Arrivals from Yemen […]

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5 October 2015

2015 ANCE Report – Gentiloni, Farnesina and government help enterprise with foreign investment opportunities

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian government are helping Italian businesses take advantage of foreign investment opportunities, as foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni pointed out in a speech at the presentation of the 2015 Report by ANCE (the Italian national builders association) today at the Farnesina. Present also were Under Secretary […]

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23 September 2015

Bolivia – Deputy justice minister on mission to Italy

A Bolivian delegation led by the Deputy Justice Minister, Ernesto Jimenez Guachalla, and accompanied by ProgettoMondo Mlal, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), will be visiting Rome and Milan from 23 to 25 September2015. In Rome they will meet the Special Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and the Chair, Luigi Manconi. The event […]

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17 September 2015

Somalia – Italy earmarks one million euro for somali refugees

Through the Directorate for Development Cooperation, Italy has earmarked another million euro for efforts going into support for refugees from Yemen in Somalia. The agreement was signed in Nairobi by Ambassador of Italy Fabrizio Marcelli and UNHCR representative in that East African country Bushra Halepota in the presence of Somali National Commissioner for refugees and […]

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15 September 2015

Baghdad – Heritage defence in Iraq, a Cooperation project database

The Italian Development Cooperation has launched a pilot-phase project within the framework of the project “Technical assistance for the rehabilitation and management for Iraqi Cultural Heritage”, aimed at the creation of a geo-referenced database and subsequent analysis of the status of the archaeological sites and monuments targeted and threated by ISIS. The project is being […]

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9 September 2015

Farnesina – The security of cooperation workers abroad

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is opening the conference taking place today, 9 September 2015, at the Farnesina on the security of cooperation workers abroad. Entitled “Security is a serious thing”, the conference will close with an address by the Secretary General at the Farnesina, Michele Valensise. The event has been jointly promoted by the AOI, […]

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8 September 2015

Latin America – Italian Development Cooperation at EXPO to discuss Andean grain

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Oxfam Italia, has organised an event featuring Andean grain. The event, which took place on Monday 7 September, was part of the EXPO Milan and European Year for Development programmes. It focused on international development initiatives and the possible […]

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Press Releases

4 September 2015

Syrian Crisis. Humanitarian intervention by the Italian Cooperation

Italy has approved a one-million-EUR emergency contribution for humanitarian interventions in Syria. The contribution falls within the overall 18-million-EURO  response to the Syrian crisis Italy announced for 2015. The funds will be used to sustain a World Food Program project entitled “Emergency Food Assistance to People Affected by Unrest in Syria” within the framework of […]

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4 September 2015

Udine and Farnesina – Donate laboratory to Kurdistan museum

The University of Udine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs donated the Iraqi Kurdistan Dohuk museum’s first archaeological restoration laboratory within the framework of the “Terra di Ninive” training project funded by the Task Force Iraq of the Farnesina and conducted by the University of Udine under the direction of Daniele Morandi Bonacossi. Read more, […]

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3 September 2015

Dar Es Salaam – Italian mobile medical unit opens in Tanzania

Italy is working on behalf of women in Tanzania, where a specialised mobile unit equipped to perform mammograms was donated by the Italian non-profit association Ruvuma to the S. Maria Nascente of Mbweni, run by Indian nuns of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (DMI). The goal is to promote the prevention of tumours of the […]

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Press Releases

27 August 2015

Refugee emergency in Serbia: intervention by Italian Development Cooperation

Italy is responding to the appeal by the Serbian authorities, who are faced with a significant influx of refugees arriving from the Middle East and heading for northern Europe. Italian Development Cooperation has arranged funding of 100,000 euro for the Serbian Red Cross for initial assistance activities. The Italian funding is channelled through the International […]

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25 August 2015

Italy-Afghanistan – work on Herat bypass starting soon

Afghan infrastructure will benefit from a new Italian input thanks to the efforts of the Farnesina. A contract was signed today by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works and the company that won the tender to build the first lot (20.4 kilometres) of the Herat bypass. funded by Italy, the project is of strategic importance to […]

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