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14 April 2016
Cooperation – National Plan in response to the food emergency created by the “El Niňo” climate phenomenon presented at the Farnesina today

Today at the Farnesina, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mario Giro, the Director General of Development Cooperation, Giampaolo Cantini, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Laura Frigenti, presented to the press the Foreign Ministry’s National Plan in response to the food emergency created by the “El […]

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13 April 2016
Tirana – Italy and Albania launch a project to combat gender violence

Italy strikes a blow against gender violence in Albania with a project called “Gemal – Gender Mainstreaming in Albania: on the side of women against violence and exploitation”. The project, which was promoted by an NGO, CIES (Development Information and Education Centre) and co-financed with approximately 800,000 euros from Italian Development Cooperation, started in Tirana […]

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13 April 2016
Khartoum – “Toys for Tots”: Italy donates toys to Sudanese children

The “Toys for Tots” initiative launched by the Italian Embassy in Khartoum closed on April 10 after having distributed over 700 toys in Khartoum’s boys’ and girls’ orphanages and women’s penitentiary. The initiative was organised in partnership with International Voluntary Welfare Group-IVWG, a Sudanese volunteer association which has been active in helping the neediest segments […]

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Press Releases
12 April 2016
Italian emergency aid to Libya

During the past month of March, Italian Cooperation contributed 1 million euro to the World Food Programme (WFP) with the aim of providing food assistance for 1 month to 70,000 beneficiaries (14,000 households), selected among the most vulnerable categories (15 percent were infants under 5 years of age, and 36 percent minors between 5 and 17 […]

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8 April 2016
Tunisia – Democratic processes and cooperation perspectives

A multi-voiced debate links Tunisia and Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region as a sign of democracy and cooperation. “Democratic processes in Tunisia and cooperation and development perspectives in the Mediterranean Basin” is the title chosen for the forum scheduled on April 9 at the Palazzo della Regione in Trieste as part of the “DevolepMed” project. […]

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8 April 2016
The project – Cooperation to support human rights defenders in Uganda

A virtual space but a real commitment as a sign of cooperation. The online project is on the www.hrduganda.org, website, an Italian-language platform developed to inform users of the difficulties and successes of the defenders of human rights in Uganda by making available files, videos, photos and other analytic material. The hrduganda.org website is managed by […]

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Press Releases
7 April 2016
We are extremely saddened by the death of Mons. Gonçalves

Africa has lost one of its most brilliant architects of peace, declared Deputy Minister Mario Giro on learning of the death of Mons. Jaime Gonçalves, one of the protagonists of the peace process in Mozambique, which ended with the signing of the Agreement in Rome in 1992. His tenacity, combined with a profound love for […]

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6 April 2016
Minister Gentiloni’s mission to Myanmar

Minister Paolo Gentiloni started a mission in Myanmar today that will last until 8 April. Mr Gentiloni met Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, making him the first Western foreign minister to meet her following her appointment to Myanmar’s foreign ministry. The minister’s agenda includes meetings with President Htin Kyaw, the Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs, Thura U Aung Ko, […]

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5 April 2016
Los Angeles – Focus on a development project exhibition by the Foreign Ministry

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has organised, in partnership with the Agenzia Contrasto, a photographic exhibition called “4 Development Projects”, which will open today at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Los Angeles and which is scheduled to run through the summer. “The show – reads a presentation note by the […]

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Press Releases
31 March 2016
Libia: il Ministero degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ha disposto un finanziamento multilaterale di emergenza di 1 Milione di euro a favore del Programma Alimentare Mondiale – PAM

In risposta alla grave situazione umanitaria in corso in Libia ed accogliendo la richiesta di aiuto del Governo di Accordo Nazionale libico, il Ministero degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ha disposto un finanziamento multilaterale di emergenza di 1 Milione di euro a favore del Programma Alimentare Mondiale – PAM per la distribuzione a favore […]

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30 March 2016
Minister Gentiloni in Geneva today for ministerial meeting on refugee emergency​

Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is in Geneva today to attend the ministerial-level meeting promoted by the UNHCR on the emergency of Syrian refugees. The initiative, promoted by Filippo Grandi, the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Refugees, aims at concretely renewing the commitment to receive refugees from Syria and to promote new resettlement measures, admissions […]

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