{"id":188594,"date":"2026-05-19T08:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2026\/05\/nota-di-accreditamento-stampa-giornata-dellafrica-2026-italia-africa-culture-in-gioco-roma-istituto-dellenciclopedia-treccani-25-maggio-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:39:53","slug":"nota-di-accreditamento-stampa-giornata-dellafrica-2026-italia-africa-culture-in-gioco-roma-istituto-dellenciclopedia-treccani-25-maggio-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/notestampa\/2026\/05\/nota-di-accreditamento-stampa-giornata-dellafrica-2026-italia-africa-culture-in-gioco-roma-istituto-dellenciclopedia-treccani-25-maggio-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE &#8211; Africa Day 2026 &#8220;Italy \u2013 Africa: Cultures at Play&#8221; &#8211; (May 25, 2026, Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Africa Day 2026<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>&#8220;Italy \u2013 Africa: Cultures at Play&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>(May 25, 2026, Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Monday, May 25, 2026<\/strong>, starting at <strong>10:00 a.m<\/strong>., on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the African Union, the Africa Day event &#8220;<strong>Italy \u2013 Africa: Cultures at Play<\/strong>&#8221; will be held at the <strong>Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute<\/strong>. This event is a strategic opportunity to strengthen relations between the two Parties and explore the theme of sport as a means of encounter, dialogue, identity, and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p>The opening session will feature a speech by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, <strong>Antonio Tajani<\/strong>, introduced by greetings from <strong>Carlo Ossola<\/strong>, President of the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute, and <strong>Vincenza Lomonaco<\/strong>, President of the Scientific Committee of the Institute for Italy-Africa Dialogue (IDIAF). This will be followed by remarks by the Ambassador of the State of Eritrea, Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps to Italy, <strong>Fessahazion Pietros Menghistu<\/strong>; and by <strong>Firmin Edouard Motoko<\/strong>, a member of the IDIAF Scientific Committee and former Deputy Director General of the UNESCO Department for Africa and External Relations.<\/p>\n<p>The works, which will feature prominent representatives from the world of Italian and African sports, will continue with three panels.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Sport as a Shared Heritage: Identity, Memory, and Intercultural Dialogue&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sport and Education: Training, Mobility, and New Opportunities for Young People&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sport and Economic Development: Supply Chain, Innovation, and Cooperation&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final session (starting at 12:45 p.m.) will feature presentations by <strong>Angelo Piero Cappello<\/strong>, Director General of the Mission Unit for Cultural Cooperation with Africa and the Mediterranean; <strong>Massimo Riccardo<\/strong>, Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for the Mattei Plan; and <strong>Massimo Bray<\/strong>, Director General of the Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in covering the event shall submit their accreditation request by Friday,\u00a0<strong>May 22, at 5:00 p.m<\/strong>. registering through the link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/portaleaccreditamento.esteri.it\/\">https:\/\/portaleaccreditamento.esteri.it<\/a>\u00a0and attaching the required documents.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have already registered online and have received confirmation of their registration can access their profile and select participation in the event.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please contact the\u00a0<strong>Communications Unit<\/strong>\u00a0at 06\/3691.3432, 8210, 8573, 3078, and 3450 (<a href=\"mailto:accreditamentostampa@esteri.it\">accreditamentostampa@esteri.it<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Badges shall be picked up in person at <strong>Palazzo Mattei di Paganica<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>main entrance<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Piazza dell\u2019Enciclopedia Italiana, 4<\/strong>, on the day of the event\u00a0<strong>from<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>9:15 to 9:45 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that since the event is taking place in a historic building, it will not be possible to provide audio output jacks. Cameramen wishing to record audio are advised to bring a microphone to place near the speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016\/679) by the\u00a0<strong>Unit for Communication of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/strong>, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and\/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE Africa Day 2026 &#8220;Italy \u2013 Africa: Cultures at Play&#8221; (May 25, 2026, Treccani Italian Encyclopedia Institute) &nbsp; On Monday, May 25, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m., on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of the African Union, the Africa Day event &#8220;Italy \u2013 Africa: Cultures at Play&#8221; will be held [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notestampa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188598,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188594\/revisions\/188598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}