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Inauguration of the Central Pharmacy of the Roumieh Prison
The Central Pharmacy in the Roumieh prison was built with funds from the Italian Cooperation and entirely supplied with medicines for the prisoners and the ISF staff who work in the prisons
Bando 5% Fondo Globale 2023: online the initiatives eligible for funding
It's now online the Final Ranking of the Announcement for the grant to "Synergistic Initiatives" proposed by CSOs, Universities and Public Research Institutions in the Framework of Technical Support Spending to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria."
Public Consultation for the update of the code of ethics and conduct
It has begun the public consultation phase to acquire observations from stakeholders on the new Code of Ethics and Conduct of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
High Seas Treaty
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation has been concretely involved in the sea and ocean sectors, through the promotion of initiatives that range from the creation of marine protected areas, fishing activities, support for local entrepreneurship and blue- economy, in compliance with the principles of environmental protection.
Italy’s contribution to Afghan women with Women’s Peace Humanitarian Fund (WPHF)
Thanks to the support of the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), Fawzia Koofi traveled to Geneva to ask the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold a debate on the women's and girls' rights crisis in Afghanistan
The V Office – AICS on a monitoring mission in Vietnam
The three weeks mission is part of the monitoring activities for 2023, and it included a week of institutional meetings and document analysis work in the AICS headquarters in Hanoi
The Italian system supports the Ethiopian textile sector for a sustainable and inclusive development
It has been organized a study tour in Milan, with some of the excellences of the Italian system, from trade associations to academic institutions, passing through international companies.
Marco Riccardo Rusconi new Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
The new Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi (Milano, 1972), appointed in recent weeks by the President of the Council of Ministers, has officially taken office at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. Marco Riccardo Rusconi, who entered the diplomatic service in 1997, has held various positions, serving, among others, at the Italian Embassies in Cairo and Madrid, as […]
New versions of the tools for gender equality
The translations of the tools for gender equality are online, produced to reach staff, partners and local population as well as the international stakeholders with whom AICS deals daily in its action for gender equality
Two visits to the AICS Havana headquarters
During the last week of November, two important visits by the headquarters took place at the AICS Havana headquarters, which strengthened the synergy between the competent offices that collaborate remotely day after day
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 […]
Senza Barriere: AICS’effort for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
On December 3rd it has been celebrated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme for 2023 is “United in action to rescue and achieve the SDGs for, with and by persons with disabilities”. This date continues to represent a stimulus for reflection on the state of the rights of people with disabilities, with […]