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Bottom-up Approach, Local Knowledge, and the Role of Diasporas: AICS at the Italy-Africa Business Week 2025
Director Marco Riccardo Rusconi spoke at the opening of the eighth edition of the Italy-Africa Business Week (IABW) at the Farnesina. This annual event brings together African business and finance leaders with Italian stakeholders, and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) has participated since its start
Inclusion and training for people with disabilities in Tanzania: students of the Yombo Vocational Training Center awarded diplomas
Last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a ceremony was held to inaugurate the new laboratories and award diplomas to 38 students at the Yombo Vocational Training Center. The event marked a milestone in the SHINE project, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and implemented by Comunità Solidali Nel Mondo in partnership with CEFA
AICS Nairobi brings Kenya to COP29: stories of women, conservation, and peace
The panel titled "Empowering Women, Conserving Nature, Building Peace: solutions from Kenya community conservancies", organized by AICS Nairobi together with the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), offered a journey through Kenya’s remote communities, showcasing how conservancies are transforming the fight against climate change, advancing women’s empowerment, and promoting peace.
Advancing Kenya’s Blue Economy: the Italian chapter of the Go Blue Programme concludes
With a budget of €4,750,000 (approximately KES 720 million) over four years, the initiative had a direct impact on local economic development, advancing the growth of the artisanal fishing and cassava value chains, which are strategic for Kenya's economy
Dive into coastal flavors: Go Blue launches the illustrated recipes booklet “Ladha Za Pwani”
Ladha Za Pwani is part of our mission to raise awareness about the importance of seafood in promoting food security, nutrition, and sustainable coastal development
The Democratic Republic of the Congo – Delivered medical equipment to improve the treatment of fistula in women victims of SGBV
On May 6, 2020 medical equipment was delivered to the obstetrics departments of health facilities in the districts of Karisimbi, Rutchuru, Lubero and Goma. The delivery ceremony was held at the Governorate of North Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and was attended by the Governor of North Kivu, Provincial high-level officers, as well as […]
Somalia: Italy and FAO launch initiative to improve the management of water and land resources
The initiative includes two components: on one hand, it addresses the effects of climate change, particularly by reducing the risk of floods that frequently affect the city of Qardho in Puntland. The second component aims to facilitate the gradual transfer of the SWALIM information system, developed by FAO, to Somali institutions and ministries, ensuring sustainability
The second Regional Workshop of the regional health initiative involving Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda started in Zanzibar
The objective of the programme, carried out with the technical support of the Global Health Center of the Tuscany Region, is to network 33 healthcare facilities in the three countries, which will not only benefit from the donation of modern medical equipment, training activities personnel and infrastructural interventions, but will be able to take advantage of the sharing of information, good practices and expertise at a regional level
Italian system of development cooperation and UN inaugurate the first Situation Room in Tanzania
The Room becomes part of the AMHEWAS ('Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System') family, a program that has enabled the creation and operation of a network of interconnected operation rooms across the African continent
Kenya: Italy Strengthens Commitment to Disaster Risk Reduction
This project, with an investment of 1.5 million Euros, is part of the efforts by Italian Cooperation to improve governance and coordination mechanisms in disaster risk reduction in Africa. Since 2020, with the support of UNDRR and the African Union, several regional initiatives have been implemented