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AICS Director at Codeway: Public-Private Partnerships Are the Real Leap Forward
Marco Riccardo Rusconi, Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), was interviewed by Dire agency on the sidelines of the sixth edition of Codeway Expo 2025, the international cooperation and sustainable development fair, promoted by Fiera Roma and Internationalia at the Fiera di Roma exhibition center.
AICS at the Practitioners’ Network General Assembly in Vienna
This AMGA offers a space for collective reflection on how the PN can strengthen its role as a meaningful and effective partner, contributing to the European development offer and partnerships. For AICS, the Assembly is also the occasion to review with the top officials of the sister agencies the ongoing collaborations in partner Countries and to explore new opportunities of working together.
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.
Ugo Ferrero new head of the Communication and Institutional Relations Office
Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi welcomed Ugo Ferrero, the new director of Office I - Communication and Institutional Relations. Ugo Ferrero, a career diplomat, served in Kabul (2016-2018), Madrid (2018 - 2021) and Pristina (2021-2024), where he held the role of Deputy Head of Mission.
Meeting with the Ambassador of Burundi, Ernest Ndabashinze
Today, at the AICS headquarters, a visit was held by the Ambassador of Burundi, Ernest Ndabashinze, and the First Counselor, Emile Butoyi. At the center of the discussion with the Director of AICS, Marco Riccardo Rusconi, were the Mattei Plan and Italy's growing commitment in Africa.
Visit of the Congolese Ambassador Henri Okemba
Cooperation with the Republic of Congo was at the center of today's talks between the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Marco Riccardo Rusconi, and the Ambassador to Italy, Henri Okemba.
Meeting with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Albania
The AICS Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi and the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Albania, Anila Denaj, met at the Agency's headquarters in Rome to discuss the intense cooperation activity ongoing.
Ready2Act: AICS and CIMA Foundation sign an agreement
The initiative is aimed at strengthening the warning system in Mozambique, through a process of technological transfer, training and institutional strengthening built with the INGD (Insituto Nacional de Gestão de Desastres, i.e. the Civil Protection system of Mozambique)
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
Director Rusconi in Algeria for an institutional mission
As part of the visit, the AICS Director met Major General Abed Hallouz, head of the Algerian International Cooperation Agency for Solidarity and Development.
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
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 […]