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President Sergio Mattarella visits Italian Cooperation projects in Kenya
The President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella started his official visit to Kenya on the 14th of march, kicking off a three-day event full of institutional meetings and ceremonies. The President is accompanied by a delegation composed of his daughter and first lady of Italy Ms. Laura Mattarella and the Deputy Ministry of […]
TANZANIA: Launch of the initiative “Diverse Food System: Improving nutrition by supporting a diversified and sustainable food system”
The initiative, which has an expected duration of 3 years, aims to improve the effectiveness and inclusiveness of the food and nutrition security system of the communities residing in the Dodoma region, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable categories of the population such as minors and pregnant women
From South Sudan to Uganda in search of protection: a journey beyond borders
Aics in Uganda intervenes with an emergency initiative aimed at promoting the integration of displaced, returning and refugee South Sudanese populations. The project intervenes in the refugee camps of Adjumani district through the renovation of community centers for young people and women and the construction of new water supply systems.
TANZANIA – Italy delivers IT equipment to support the Tanzania’s statistical system
The initiative, managed by the regional office of Aics headquartered in Nairobi aims to contribute to the strengthening of the Tanzanian national statistical system and the population register in two regions of the country, helping to build the information base necessary to govern the socio-economic development processes, to consolidate democratic institutions and to facilitate the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes
Tanzania – closing event and handover ceremony of the KISIMA initiative, funded by Aics
Last week the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (Aics) together with the main implementing partner, Italian NGO Istituto OIKOS, local authorities and partners celebrated the conclusion of the 3-year “KISIMA” initiative, funded by the Italian Cooperation through the Promossi OSC channel and managed by Aics Ufficio VII.
SEMAKENYA II kicks off: the Italian system of development cooperation to promote agroecology and biofuels in Makueni County
"SEMAKENYA II' represents the first implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Eni Kenya and the Nairobi office of AICS in 2021, regarding the involvement of the "Italian System" of development cooperation and the private sector in the implementation of cooperation initiatives
Environmental restoration and climate smart agriculture at the hearth of the Italy-funded initiative launched in West Pokot
Worth a funding of 1 million EUR (over 125 million KES), the initiative aims at restoring the most degraded areas of the water catchment extending from Mount Korellach to the WeiWei River by introducing soil and water conservation techniques, including regenerative farming practices
Less gender-based violence and more justice for women: the efforts of Aics and UN WOMEN in Kenya
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (Aics) has been supporting prevention and response activities to gender-based violence during electoral periods since 2019 with the “Let It Not Happen Again” initiative
Christine’s cassava: from the land, dreams are born
Go Blue is implemented by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation together with the cooperation agencies of Germany, Portugal, France, two United Nations agencies (UN Habitat and UNEP) and with the Jumuiya Ya Kaunti Za Pwani – JKP Secretariat, the representative body of the six coastal counties of Kenya.