Eventi
The contribution of the Italian System to Climate Change Adaptation in the Mediterranean
Per la Cooperazione Italiana allo sviluppo, il Mediterraneo rappresenta un’area strategica in cui al dramma umano dei flussi migratori si può rispondere con politiche di cooperazione di lungo periodo, in grado potenzialmente di risolvere il nesso sviluppo-migrazione, ossia integrando la dimensione migratoria nelle politiche e nelle attività di cooperazione allo sviluppo
Italy-Africa Cooperation for Disaster Resilience
The collaboration between the African Union, Italy, and UNDRR represents a vital global initiative to enhance early warning systems across Africa. As climate change heightens the frequency of extreme weather events, African nations are increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters.
Actions Against Climate Change, The Role of Development Cooperation
The Italian Pavilion will showcase a selection of cooperation projects and key actions in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and response efforts led by Italian Cooperation in partner countries, with a strong focus on Africa in the framework of the “Mattei Plan”.
Rural Youth Manifesto for a Sustainable Future at COP16
Key points in the Manifesto emphasize the urgency of climate action through sustainable agricultural policies, strengthening youth participation in public policy formulation, biodiversity protection, and food security through solutions that respect the boundaries of local ecosystems.
AICS at BMTA 2024: Cultural Heritage and Development for a Winning Challenge
AICS’s presence at the 26th Edition of the Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism seeks to showcase the work accomplished in cultural cooperation, which has invested over 100 million euros across around 120 initiatives in 30 countries since 2016.
AICS at the 10th Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Water Convention
In coordination with the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) and Italy’s Water Convention Focal Points, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) played an active role in Italy’s technical preparation for the 10th Meeting of the Parties (MoP10) of the UNECE Water Convention on transboundary waters and international lakes.
Women at the Heart of Food Sovereignty and Biodiversity Conservation at COP16
Organized by the European Union's Programa de Desarrollo Rural con Enfoque Territorial (DRET II) in Colombia, AICS Bogotá's South America Office, FAO, and Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, with support from AICS Havana, the event showcased the experiences of women from Colombia and Cuba who shared their transformative work in sustainable futures.
Italian Agency for Development Cooperation at COP16 in Cali
Italy plays a key role at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the Convention on Biodiversity, held in Cali, Colombia, from October 21st to November 1st. ICS has organized or co-organized 14 events across both COP zones. Among the highlights is the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the “Amazon Without Fire” (PASF) Program, initiated in 1999 through a bilateral agreement between Italy and Brazil.
40 Years of the Keita Integrated Project: Celebrating Continued Italy-Niger Cooperation
A special event was held in Niamey to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Keita Integrated Project, a landmark in the longstanding cooperation between Italy and Niger. The conference, titled "40 Years of the Keita Project: Italy and Niger, A Story That Continues," took place as part of the Italy-Niger Day celebrations, where numerous Italian and Nigerien authorities gathered to reflect on the importance and lasting impact of this pioneering initiative.
Codeway Expo: The Upcoming Edition of the Event
Codeway Expo 2025 will bring together a wide range of participants, including institutions such as the European Union and European Parliament, UN agencies, governments, ministries, regional authorities, local entities, chambers of commerce, universities, research centers, as well as businesses, commercial banks, investment funds, NGOs, and civil society organizations.
G7 Inclusion and Disability: Promoting Rights at the Core of Italian Cooperation
Italian Cooperation was among the first to adopt Disability Guidelines in line with the Convention's principles, ensuring that development cooperation efforts concretely improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Active Learning to Implement Global Citizenship Education
AICS has supported the growth of this initiative by financing two key projects: the first, through the 2019 Global Citizenship Education (GCE) Call for Proposals, extended the Green School network throughout the Lombardy Region; and the second, through the 2021 GCE Call, brought the Green School model to four additional Italian regions (Lazio, Tuscany, Valle d'Aosta, and Sardinia, along with Lombardy).
HARD: Rural Development and Food Security in Rome
Initiated by the European Commission’s DG INTPA, HARD is a principal informal mechanism for coordinating agro-food system transformation efforts among the Commission and its Member States. Since 2020, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), through its Office VI, has been an active participant in HARD to discuss DG INTPA’s work on rural development and food security.
Education for Sustainable Development: National Green School Italia Seminar in Rome on October 10
The event will highlight the results from the first two years of the Green School Italia Program, a network of schools and communities dedicated to sustainable development, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).
Global Citizenship and Sustainability at the Center of the Interministerial Table for the Implementation of the National Sustainable Development Strategy
The Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Marco Riccardo Rusconi, confirmed the Agency's commitment to promoting Global Citizenship Education, recognized as an essential element for building a sustainable, fair, and inclusive world.
G7 Agriculture and Fisheries and Expo “Divination”: Italian Cooperation Presents Its ProjectsInnovation, cooperation with developing countries, and reciprocal trade to reaffirm the role of agriculture in producing quality food and managing territories: at the G7 Agriculture and Fisheries and Expo “Divination”, running until September 29 in Syracuse on the island of Ortigia, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forests, Italian Cooperation is represented by a substantial delegation and a stand showcasing some of its most significant projects. Featured are interventions in Ethiopia’s coffee sector, the revitalization of the moringa agro-food chain in Burkina Faso, and sensory tastings of honey produced in Egypt. The stand also highlights support for micro-enterprises involved in dairy, vegetables, dates, aromatic herbs, and olive production in Tunisia. Visitors can explore the booth created by AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) with the support of the Farnesina (Directorate General for Development Cooperation), learning about Italian Cooperation’s initiatives aimed at promoting diversified and ecologically sustainable food production, with a special focus on crops with higher nutritional value and greater resilience to climate change. Marco Riccardo Rusconi, Director of AICS, explained: “Our initiatives are focused on strengthening food supply chains, and—in the spirit of the Mattei Plan—we aim to involve producing countries across all segments of the value chain that generate income, guided by technology and innovation, while maintaining the primary goal of ensuring food security. In this context, an essential condition is the enhancement of women’s roles in ensuring equitable access to resources, a key element of the gender approach we incorporate in our projects.”
Featured are interventions in Ethiopia’s coffee sector, the revitalization of the moringa agro-food chain in Burkina Faso, and sensory tastings of honey produced in Egypt. The stand also highlights support for micro-enterprises involved in dairy, vegetables, dates, aromatic herbs, and olive production in Tunisia.
Digital Ecosystems: New Development Policies for Italy’s System
The agreement sets the foundation for close collaboration on digital development projects, with a focus on public digital infrastructure, technical-scientific training, and the spread of Digital Identity in countries where Italian Cooperation operates.
Arab Water Forum: Italy’s Commitment to Water
Marco Riccardo Rusconi, Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), participated in the session titled “Advancing Global and Regional Water Initiatives for a Sustainable Future.” This session focused on the deep connection between regional strategies and the global agenda on water policies.
Synergies for Health: Experiences and Challenges of the 5% Global Fund Call in Italy-Africa Health Cooperation
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) hosted the event "Synergies for Health," organized in collaboration with the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the Community of Sant’Egidio, with the participation of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and the Italian National Institute of Health. The event, opened by Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi, provided an opportunity to share and discuss the results of various projects funded in Africa under the "5% Global Fund Call for Tuberculosis, AIDS, and Malaria."
An Event in Colombia Ahead of COP16
Organized by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), the European Union (EU), the Youth Entrepreneurship and Employability Table (MEEJR), the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development Network (YPARD), the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), in collaboration with the Colombian government and the Governorate of Chocó, the event took place within the historic Migration Festival. a kermesse that promotes the conservation of migratory species and highlightes the cultural and environmental heritage of Colombia’s Pacific region.
“Donne per l’Essenziale”: AICS Hosts Talk at Rimini Meeting
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) contributed by organizing the talk "Donne per l'Essenziale" (Women for the Essential), focusing on the crucial role of women in access to water, agricultural development (Earth), energy supply (Fire), and climate change mitigation (Air).
Audition of Director Rusconi on the Italy-Africa Strategic Plan
The Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Marco Riccardo Rusconi, participated in an informal hearing with the Foreign and Community Affairs Committee III, chaired by Hon. Giulio Tremonti.
Aid Transparency Index 2024: AICS Enters the “Good” Category
The Aid Transparency Index is composed of 35 indicators grouped into 5 components that collect and analyze data on the structure and individual activities of national and international organizations, including bilateral, multilateral, and philanthropic entities that have chosen to publish data in a standardized, harmonized, comparable, and open format, in a centralized repository accessible to all.
III Internationalization Forum in Pescara
This edition was organized in collaboration with Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo and focused on opportunities for businesses in African and Middle Eastern markets. In particular, AICS, ICE Agency, SACE, SIMEST, and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti discussed the tools for investing abroad.
Tutti fratelli per l’ecologia integrale
L’intervento del Direttore Rusconi si è concluso con alcuni virtuosi esempi di iniziative AICS che puntano alla valorizzazione dei nessi di ecologia integrale, in particolare nel settore dell’agroecologia e che associano la conservazione delle risorse genetiche e degli ecosistemi allo sviluppo rurale in un contesto di giustizia sociale e intergenerazionale
AICS present at the Ukraine Recovery Conference
With the passing of the baton to Italy, symbolically taken up by the Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli, for the organization of the next edition of the conference, the Agency will intensify its commitment, with the decisive contribution of its headquarters in Kiev, for a even more extensive and effective cooperation and partnership.
Right to education and water: the presentation of the atlas Flowing Futures
The AICS headquarters in Rome hosted the presentation of Flowing Futures, the Atlas on access and availability of water at a global level and the consequences for human rights published by WeWorld, the independent Italian organization involved for more than 50 years with development cooperation and humanitarian aid projects
Research for a quality healthcare cooperation
In Padua, for the conference organized by Medici con l'Africa CUAMM, "Research for Quality Health Cooperation: Experiences, Evidence and Perspectives from Africa", the Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi represented AICS: the event was conceived to encourage dialogue between international bodies, institutions, donors, universities and direct beneficiaries of interventions with the aim of improving health for all in Africa.
Italy&Africa: fourteenth edition of the SPeRA Conference
Born in 2010, after the organization of the first national conference, the SPeRA Consortium today brings together 56 Italian voluntary associations operating in Africa in different sectors, from training to social, through construction and healthcare
AICS at Codeway 2024: scenarios, objectives and opportunities in the cooperation of the future
Best practices and successful projects will be at the center of the numerous interventions and in-depth panels on the topic of virtuous partnerships between private and public, the involvement of the academic world and research and professional training in the agricultural, environment and health sectors.
In the footsteps of Luigi Einaudi: the challenges awaiting Europe
"In the footsteps of Luigi Einaudi - Europe and Economy", promoted by the Municipality of Monza in collaboration with ASVIS - Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, was attended by Marco Riccardo Rusconi, Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
Towards the Future Summit. International cooperation, multilateralism, civil society
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation is a partner of the Sustainable Development Festival, the largest Italian initiative to raise awareness and mobilize citizens, young generations, businesses, associations and institutions on the issues of economic, social and environmental sustainability
Italian Cooperation at Macfrut 2024
AICS is the main exhibitor of Macfrut 2024 with 13 foreign offices present (6 for Africa - Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mozambique, Tunisia, Egypt; 3 for Asia and the Middle East - Lebanon, Palestine, Vietnam; 3 for Latin America - Salvador, Cuba, Colombia and 1 for Europe - Albania) and a 120 sqm pavilion, to present a selection of the main cooperation projects in the agrifood and food security sector.
Paths and prospects of Italian Cooperation in Morocco
The book, financed by AICS Tunisi, allows to delve deeper into experiences and know-how, sharing information on cooperation projects and highlighting the work of many professionals in the sector who, with their skills and their sensitivity, contribute to improving the conditions of the population of Morocco.
Our Ocean Conference 2024: the Italian commitment to the ratification of the Treaty on the High Seas
AICS has long been active on the issues of sustainable fishing, the protection and conservation of marine resources as a vehicle for development, sustainable tourism and the role of women and young people in better management of marine resources
Sustainable Economy Forum: Africa and Italy’s contribution
This edition tried to decline the theme of sustainability in consideration of recent crises reflecting on the challenges that Italy is called to respond to from energy saving to digital transformation, moving on to contributing to the growth of Afric
Innovation, growth and inclusion: the role of AICS for Macfrut 2024
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation also contributed to the results, participating to the 2024 edition with thirteen foreign offices, involving managers, technicians and partners engaged in common projects that see agriculture and rural development at the base
Lombardy Region: meeting with international cooperation stakeholders
The meeting started from the awareness that Lombardy, an area with the greatest presence of NGOs, aims to relaunch development cooperation activities, consolidating relationships and reciprocity based on increasingly close collaboration also with national institutions
AICS and IDLO: a meeting to promote legality for peaceful and inclusive societies
An opportunity to reiterate the importance of the rule of law and good governance as fundamental factors for sustainable development in a framework of peace and of respect and promotion of human rights
Meeting “Territorial Partnerships: the Call for Local Authorities working for sustainable development” at the Farnesina
Following the initiative of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the meeting “Territorial Partnerships: the Call for Local Authorities working for sustainable development”
AICS and the transversality of gender equality and the emancipation of women and girls in development action
The full day, desired and organized by AICS Italia, open to all employees of the Agency's Italian and foreign offices, saw the presence of important interventions and the testimony of Alessandra Accardo, the Neapolitan policewoman who was the victim of violence in 2022.
Not only 8 March. AICS Dakar organizes two events on the fight for the rights of women and girls
These events are in continuity with those organized in the recent years by AICS Dakar in collaboration with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar (IIC)
AICS and Global Partnership for Education meeting
The meeting was an opportunity to reiterate AICS' commitment to the issues of inclusive and equitable quality education in the African continent, particularly in the northern area and in the Sahel region
The role of Italian Cooperation for the integration of the Adriatic-Balkan area
During the conference, Director Rusconi recalled how the commitment of the Italian Cooperation in the Western Balkans, started in the early '90s
Italian Cooperation renovates its efforts against corruption in Ukraine
The Italian Cooperation reaffirmed its commitment to promoting legality, transparency and the fight against corruption in Ukraine during a discussion table, held at the Regional Headquarters of AICS Kiev.
The Italian candidacy for the World Water Forum 2027
Nei tre giorni della visita, la Delegazione del World Water Council ha avuto modo di incontrare le numerosissime istituzioni, associazioni e imprese, italiane ed europee, che sostengono la proposta italiana di ospitare a Roma l’edizione del 2027 del World Water Forum.
The Italian network in action to relaunch Kenyan coffee on international markets
The talk "Il partenariato nella filiera del caffè: sfide, prospettive, e ruolo del Sistema Italia" saw the participation of AICS Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi, the General Director of ICE Lorenzo Galanti and the Agriculture Attachè of the Kenya Embassy to Italy, Anthony Muriithi
World Water Forum 2027: Rome’s candidacy
Palazzo Chigi hosted the first meeting between the Promoting Committee for the Italian candidacy to host the World Water Forum 2027 in Rome and the delegation of the World Water Council
The Cooperation Days: the speech by AICS director Rusconi
From January 15th to 19th, it took place the 17th edition of the International Cooperation Days at CIHEAM Bari. The final session had the participation of the director of AICS - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Marco Riccardo Rusconi
Il Mare dei Mestieri: new cultural models to enhance skills and creativity
The “Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans” project, funded by the European Union and implemented by AICS in partnership with UNESCO (lead) and the British Council, aims to support the Western Balkans region
Barrigas, a documentary about the emergency in Mozambique
The documentary “Barrigas”, signed by the Italian visual artist Angelo Ghidoni (aka Aghi), was born as part of an emergency project financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Mozambique. Presented at the beginning of October in the renowned Teatro-Scala in Maputo, at the same time as the photographic exhibition “O Corpo da […]