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Available the list of initiatives presented for the 2023 Call
The Proposing Subjects/Entities who find the absence from the list of an Initiative, which they believe has been duly transmitted and received by the AICS within the aforementioned deadline, can send, by 13 June 2024, via PEC to the address bandi.osc @pec.aics.gov.it the report and retransmit the documentation
Strengthening Early Warning and Early Action Systems in Kenya
Funded by Italian Cooperation with an investment of 1.5 million Euros and implemented by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the initiative aims to improve Kenya's resilience against natural disasters. Since 2020, with the support of UNDRR and the African Union, several regional initiatives have been implemented. Among other achievements, these initiatives have enabled the operationalization of the African Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Action System, the first continental-scale warning system for catastrophic phenomena.
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.
Bando 2023: the deadline for proposals has been postponed to 10 June at 1pm
Bando 2023 for the granting of contributions to Initiatives promoted by Territorial Bodies and Civil Society Organizations and other non-profit entities registered in the List has been published in the Official Journal of the Italian Republic.
High technology: institutional mission from Mozambique
The mission concluded with a visit to the Agency's headquarters where the delegates shared their first reflections on the experience they had in Italy. Digitalisation represents a strategic front for AICS and, in particular, for the foreign office in Maputo, active on numerous project paths.
Information on foreign affairs: the presentation of the report “Illuminare le Periferie”
The nine sub-Saharan African countries defined as priorities for Italian Cooperation reached 180 stories in the news in 2023, recording a significant increase of 400% compared to the 36 news stories in 2021. However, some of these countries remain in the shadow, receiving only occasional coverage by the Italian media.
GENE and AICS: a shared commitment to Global Citizenship Education
The Global Education Network Europe (GENE) is the network of Ministries and Government Agencies of 25 European countries, of which Italy is a member, with the main aim of connecting, stimulating discussion and dialogue between countries on the subject of Global Citizenship Education.
Arboviral and zoonotic diseases in Libya: initiative funded by AICS
WHO and ISS will pool their respective expertise, know-how, experience and operational tools. The local partners of the project will be the Libyan National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) of the Ministry of Health, the National Center for Animal Health (NCAH) which is the country's national veterinary authority, under the Ministry of Agriculture, of animals and marine resources and the Ministry of the Environment
AICS and Sogesid together for an operational model of environmental regeneration
The initiative took shape with the last Italian Presidency of the EU - Central Asia High Level Conference on Environment and Water, co-chaired by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Edmondo Cirielli,
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
Tanzania: Italy delivers cutting-edge medical equipment in Zanzibar and Dodoma
The initiative, worth 6 million Euro and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), aims to support and strengthen the health facilities and health authorities of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, with a specific focus on improving the quality of maternal and child health services.
The artist Manu Invisible, in Ukraine with AICS Kiev, Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Kiev, together with the Italian Embassy to Ukraine and the Italian Cultural Institute, announce a new work by street artist Manu Invisible in Bucha.