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Earthquake in Afghanistan: two emergency relief projects launched in the Hardest-Hit Provinces
The two emergency interventions, with a total funding of 900,000 euros, are part of the aid package allocated under initiative AID 013073/01/0, approved by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, within the framework of Italy's commitments in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Italy and Uganda together for the Private Sector: Project Agreement signed at the Embassy
The main objective of the initiative is to strengthen the local private sector in Uganda through tailored business services and capacity building for entrepreneurs, leveraging international partnerships.
Mozambique: Operational room of CENOE inaugurated and Natural History Museum reopened
Two significant events for Mozambique and Italian Cooperation marked the mission of the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Marco Riccardo Rusconi, in Maputo: the inauguration of the new Sala de Situações (Operations Room) of CENOE, the heart of the national emergency management system, and the reopening of the Natural History Museum, renovated after two years of work.
The Director of the Agency on a mission to New York for the 80th United Nations General Assembly
The Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Marco Riccardo Rusconi, was part of the Italian delegation that went to New York on the occasion of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rusconi took part in a series of high-level initiatives on sustainable development and international cooperation.
ASVIS, Rusconi (AICS): “Agenda 2030 requires cooperation and multilateral commitment”
The Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Marco Riccardo Rusconi, participated from New York in the ASVIS event "Ten Years of the 2030 Agenda: Progress, Obstacles and Future Perspectives"
PN mission on the Lobito Corridor. AICS opens the new antenna in Lusaka.
Fact-finding mission organized by the Practitioners’ Network (PN) for International Cooperation took place along the Lobito Corridor, with stops in Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Ndola and Lusaka (Zambia).
Framework agreement between AICS and Spallanzani: Italian know-how for the fight against infectious diseases
The framework agreement between the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the 'Lazzaro Spallanzani' National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI)
Senegal: agricultural programs on display at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025
Italian Cooperation promotes sustainable and resilient agriculture, contributing to food security and rural development for communities.
Democratic Republic of Congo: visit of the AICS Director to the Lubumbashi Museum
As part of the mission on the 'Global Gateway' organized by the platform that brings together the main European development cooperation agencies, 'Practitioners network', the Director of AICS, Marco Rusconi, visited the National Museum of Lubumbashi, in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“Business Impact Measurement”: public consultation on September 18. Here’s how to register.
This is a public pre-commercial procurement (PCP) aimed at identifying innovative, sustainable, and inclusive entrepreneurial solutions that can foster economic growth, decent work, and social inclusion - in compliance with human rights, the principles of the Global Compact, and the Kampala principles.
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.