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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.
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.
Italy Supports the Red Cross Intervention for the Haitian Population
The Italian contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross will help continue these activities for the Haitian population and ensure a response to their essential needs. In Haiti, Italy is also funding two other initiatives: one by FAO to support food security (4 million euros) and another by the Women’s Peace Humanitarian Fund to strengthen the rights of women and girls (2 million euros).
Ambassador Formosa Visits “Okhmatdyt” Hospital with AICS and Italian Humanitarian Workers
ICS has been operating in the health sector in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion: between 2022 and 2024, it has initiated 24 projects dedicated to health, protection, and well-being of the population, for a total of over 20 million euros.
NaturKosovo: Final Training Mission of the Summer Module
“NaturKosovo: natural and cultural capital in Kosovo and the sustainable tourism development of the Via Dinarica” is an initiative funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation with the support of the Italian Embassy in Pristina.
Africa a Priority for Italy: Regional Meeting of Ambassadors and Italian Development Cooperation Directors in Southern Africa Held in Cape Town
The first session focused on the prospects of Italian action in Southern Africa, aiming to launch major development projects with an "equal partnership" approach, while the second session centered on the contribution of the new Italian Cooperation strategy in Africa to the success of the Mattei Plan.
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.
Meeting with the Guinea Delegation led by Minister Ismael Nabe and assisted by Ambassador Kobélé Keita
AICS Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi recently received a delegation from Guinea led by Ismael Nabe, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, assisted by Ambassador Animata Kobélé Keita.
AICS Khartoum Office Closes
The territorial competence for the Central African Republic will be transferred to the AICS office in Niamey (Niger), in addition to those already held over Cameroon, Chad, and the Republic of the Congo.
AICS Kiev delivers medical equipment to Municipal Hospital No. 4 in Dnipro as part of a 14 million euro project
On June 28, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Kiev delivered two important pieces of medical equipment to Hospital No. 4 in Dnipro. This donation, part of the 14 million euro Emergency Call, is part of a project aimed at distributing advanced medical equipment to three Ukrainian hospitals, including two in the city of Lviv.
Somalia: Italy and FAO Launch Initiative to Improve Water and Land Resource Management
The Italian Embassy in Mogadishu, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched an initiative to improve the management of water and land resources in Somalia, valued at 2 million euros.
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