Invest Your Talent in Italy 2.0 – Memorandum of Understanding to Relaunch Project to Attract Human Capital from Abroad Signed at the Farnesina
Attracting foreign talents to support the internationalisation of Italian companies is the mainspring of Invest Your Talent in Italy 2.0, a project aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the Italian production system and bolstering its internationalisation process. Ten years after its first edition, the program promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation […]
Read moreUruguay – Punta del Este International Film Festival opens its 19th edition
Uruguay’s Punta del Este International Film Festival has opened its 19th edition. The festival, hosted in one of Latin America’s biggest beach resorts, this year celebrates the 65th anniversary from the inauguration of the Palacio del Festival, which was its first venue. The festival will run from February 21 to 27 and, like every year, […]
Read moreBrussels – “Being Leonardo da Vinci”: an impossible interview by Finazzer Flory
An impossible interview with Leonardo da Vinci in order to unveil the true dimension of his genius. Massimiliano Finazzer Flory dons period costumes to stage his most ambitious project: “Being Leonardo da Vinci. An Impossible Interview”. The performance will be staged in the theatre of the Italian Institute of Culture in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. […]
Read moreBeijing – Italian Embassy in China offers a prize to commemorate Umberto Eco
Italy’s diplomatic network in China pays a tribute to Umberto Eco. The Italian Embassy in Beijing, in partnership with the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC), has decided to award a prize in honour of the writer, semiologist and philosopher who died recently at 84. The announcement was made by the Italian Ambassador, Ettore Sequi, at […]
Read moreMoscow – Photobiennale’s Graziani Arici archive takes centre stage
The precious and rich archive of Graziano Arici, one of Italy’s most important photographers and archivists, has arrived in Russia for the first time. The exhibition “Graziano Arici. Venice. The culture of the world and its faces” has just opened at the Moscow Manege, the large exhibition space opposite the Kremlin, and is part of […]
Read moreForeign Minister Gentiloni in Turkey
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Turkey from February 21 to 23 to attend a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Çavuşoğlu and the third meeting of the High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia. Only a few months after the talks in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting of […]
Read moreDei – Morocco: Government adopts plan to relaunch the leather processing industry
The Moroccan Government aims to develop the Country’s long-standing tradition in the leather processing sector which employs over 21,000 workers and has a turnover of 4.7 billion Dirhams (432 million euros). The Minister of Industry has launched an industrial acceleration plan for the period 2014-2020 in order to promote the sector through 40 new investment […]
Read moreItaly for business – Roadshow re-opens its doors in Sondrio
The “Italy for business, with SMEs towards foreign markets” roadshow, set up as part of the Internationalisation Situation Room with the aim of presenting all the tools made available by institutions to support Italian companies in foreign markets, has re-opened its doors.The city of Sondrio’s Teatro Sociale in Piazza Garibaldi will be the first stop […]
Read moreLisbon – Italian takes centre stage at Mother Language Day
Sunday, 21 February, is the International Mother Language Day launched by UNESCO in 1999 with the aim of promoting linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon has decided to celebrate the Day by taking part in the initiatives organised by the Gabinete Lisboa Encruzilhada de Mundos. Lisbon will celebrate […]
Read moreMexico- Workshop focuses on geothermal energy opportunities
“Geothermal Energy, an exchange of experiences and perspectives between Italy and Mexico” is the theme of a workshop to be held on Thursday at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Mexico City. The event will be an opportunity to share experiences and projects relating to a renewable energy sources that are underutilised in Mexico, […]
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