Farnesina

Events

17 April 2019

Third National Action Plan on “Women, Peace and Security”

As provided for by the Third National Action Plan, adopted pursuant to Resolution N. 1325 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council on “Women, Peace and Security”, the decree for the concession of financial contributions has been published. For the disbursement criteria and procedures, please click on the following link. https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/atti_concessione/cm_5484.pdf

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Events

27 March 2019

The Farnesina hosts the 12th MAECI-Bank of Italy Annual Conference

The Farnesina hosts the 12th MAECI-Bank of Italy Annual Conference, with the participation of the senior officials of the two Institutions, the Delegates and Financial Attachés accredited to the Embassies and the Diplomatic Missions abroad and the representatives of the other Administrations and members of the Country’s economic system.

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Events

26 March 2019

Meeting of the Guardia di Finanza Expert and Liaison Officers on duty abroad

Today, the Farnesina hosted a technical meeting with Guardia di Finanza officers seconded to Italian Diplomatic Missions around the world. The meeting is part of an articulate programme of activities and initiatives promoted for the 13th edition of the Plenary Meeting of the Guardia di Finanza Expert and Liaison Officers held in Rome from 25 […]

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Press Releases

25 March 2019

The Farnesina hosts the naming ceremony of two of its halls

Today, 25 March, two halls of the Farnesina Building, the seat of the Foreign Ministry, will respectively be named: “Sala Filippo de Grenet e degli Eroi e Valorosi” and “Sala dei Trattati europei di Roma”. It is an initiative with a high symbolic value. The ceremony will be opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Events

12 March 2019

“Appuntamenti Italiani” in Shanghai​

The “Appuntamenti Italiani” column is posted weekly by the Italian Consulate General in Shanghai through its WeChat account, a social platform with more than 1.08 billion users a month. The column is a space dedicated to the principal events organised in eastern China on the theme of Italy, news of which are fed into the […]

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Press Releases

20 February 2019

North Korea

Following the requests for clarification on the case of North Korea’s former Chargé d’Affaires in Italy, Jo Song Gil, the Foreign Ministry specifies the following: last 3 January, the Foreign Ministry already informed that it had received, through diplomatic channels, a notice relative to the official’s transfer from the Embassy of North Korea in Rome. […]

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Events

14 February 2019

Inter-institutional negotiation table to coordinate anticorruption activities

The administrations and agencies concerned will discuss Italy’s engagement in global anticorruption strategies, with a special focus on the activities of the G20 and the OECD, at the inter-institutional negotiation table set up at the Foreign Ministry’s Directorate General for Global Affairs (DGMO). The specific themes addressed are: transparency and integrity in developing infrastructure; overcoming […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 February 2019

Celebrating Leonardo da Vinci: Exhibitions, conferences and performances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is planning more than 150 events this year to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. They will  include exhibitions, conferences, films and theatrical performances celebrating the great genius of the Renaissance. Engineer, artist, scientist and polymath, Leonardo left an immense body of work to study, […]

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Events

8 February 2019

​University corridors for refugee students

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the University of Bologna, the UNHCR and the Italian Caritas​ signed in Rome a Memorandum of Understanding setting up “university corridors” with the aim of developing courses for and promoting the integration in Italy of refugee students in Ethiopia. The Goal of the MoU is to enable […]

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Events

29 January 2019

The EU and differentiated integration in a conference hosted at the Farnesina

‘Shaping the EU’s Future through Differentiated Integration” is the title of the conference, organised in partnership with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), hosted by the Farnesina on Tuesday, 29 January. It constitutes one of the steps envisaged by the IAI-coordinated EU IDEA Project (EU Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability), which aims to prompt a […]

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Events

25 January 2019

’Only Duty. Beyond Duty – Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of the Jews (1938-43)’​ Italian diplomacy in the face of the Holocaust

Italian diplomacy in the face of the tragedy that befell Italian and European Jews in the period 1938-43 is the central theme of the exhibition ‘Duty Only. Beyond Duty – Italian diplomacy in the face of the persecution of the Jews (1938-43)’ curated by Sara Berger and Marcello Pezzetti, with archival expertise provided by Federica […]

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Events

30 November 2018

The Farnesina hosts an exhibition on Italy’s foreign policy

The statement marking the entrance of Italy in World War I and the original of the Alliance Agreement with Germany signed in 1939 are some of the documents displayed in an exhibition hosted at the Farnesina to illustrate the milestones in the history of Italy’s foreign policy. The exhibition not only displays documents but also […]

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