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5% Global Fund 2025 Call for Proposals published in the Official Gazette
To be eligible for the procedure, proposals must be submitted, in the manner established by the Call, by the final and binding deadline of October 15, 2025, at 1:00 PM (13:00:00).
Awarded in Venice with the ‘Green Drop Award’ 2025, the project for the Aral Sea
IOn the occasion of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, the project 'Environmental and Socio-Economic Regeneration of the Transboundary Basin of the Aral Sea', promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and carried out with the technical support of SOGESID, was awarded a special recognition at the Green Drop Award 2025.
Cooperation, Ferrero and Save the Children: ethical cocoa for Ivorian children
An innovative project that involves institutions, the business world, and civil society aimed at protecting girls, boys, and adolescents living in cocoa farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire. This program, at the center of a multi-stakeholder partnership that will see the Italian Cooperation, Save the Children, and Ferrero working together, will be developed in the Haut Sassandra region and the Montagnes district.
Kenya: the program for training future professionals in cultural tourism is starting
An innovative project that involves institutions, the business world, and civil society aimed at protecting girls, boys, and adolescents living in cocoa farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire.
No Crisis Is Far Away: The Commitment of Italian Cooperation at the “Meeting of Rimini”
Once again this year, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) will participate in the “Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples” in Rimini (22–27 August 2025), collaborating in the pavilion organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), titled “No Crisis Is Far Away.”
New MAECI–AICS Agreement Signed for the 2025–2027 Three-Year Period
On 8 August, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, and the Director of AICS, Marco Riccardo Rusconi, signed the Agreement setting out the framework for cooperation between the Ministry and the Agency for the 2025–2027 period
Joint statement on behalf of 27 partners on aid to Gaza and restrictions facing NGOs
We call on the government of Israel to provide authorisation for all international NGO aid shipments and to unblock essential humanitarian actors from operating. Immediate, permanent and concrete steps must be taken to facilitate safe, large-scale access for the UN, international NGOs and humanitarian partners.
Joint Foreign Ministers’ statement on Gaza and the decision of the Israeli Security Cabinet
Joint Statement from Foreign Ministers of Italy, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom and the High Representative of the European Union
Cuba, participatory urbanism at the iconic corner of Avenida Italia and the Malecón in Havana
Through the Avenida Italia initiative, the Italian Cooperation and AICS, together with the Provincial Government of Havana, the local government of Centro Habana, and Union Camere Piemonte, are promoting an innovative process to revitalize the urban, economic, and social fabric of this emblematic area of the city.
Senegal: excellent results for the professional integration project FIT! PAIJEF Action
As part of the FIT! Action PAIJEF initiative, led by the Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training (MFPT) and co-financed by the EU and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), a programme of activities was undertaken to support the professional integration of trained young people—men, women, and people with disabilities—across the 14 regions of the country
Disability: the I-Lead project at the “Giffoni Film Festival”
The animated short film “Melkam – Beyond the Boundaries of Disability” was presented at the Giffoni Film Festival. It tells the story of a young Ethiopian woman, blind from birth, who—despite living in a situation of severe socio-economic vulnerability—managed to overcome barriers and prejudice.
Impact Enterprises Measure: a preliminary market consultation has been launched
At the end of the process, the call for tenders will be published, with its structure defined based on the outcomes of the preliminary market consultation and the analysis of public demand. The financial resources allocated for the implementation of this “Impact Enterprises Measure” (Profit 4.0 Call) amount to 49.5 million euros.