Ramallah, November 4th 2019 – The Consul General of Italy in Jerusalem Fabio Sokolowicz and the AICS local Office Director Cristina Natoli met last afternoon the new-Minister of Women’s affairs Amal Hamad for un update related to the different development projects on-going and the most relevant issues about gender equality in Palestine. In particular, while thanking […]

Ramallah October 22nd, 2019 – Two new initiatives have been approved with a signature ceremony between الموقع الرسمي لوزارة العمل الفلسطينية – رام الله the Ministry of Labor and Palestinian Banking Corporation/المؤسسة المصرفية الفلسطينية, within the framework of the Program #STARTUP funded by Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo. The first credit line (900,000 USD) will deliver […]

In the framework of the project PEACE STEPS, implemented by Vento di Terra ONG, a “gelateria sociale” has been inaugurated this morning, with the aim of offering traditional italian gelato made with local ingredients and encourage social activities in favor of marginalized segments of population. A specific vocational training has been delivered in the last […]

30 September 2019 – Thanks to a partnership between the Italian Higher Health Institute and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, and with the support of specific technical partners, in the next 3 years a network of hemophilia treatment centers will be established in Palestine to heal congenital hemorrhagic diseases, thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies. This is a […]

Ramallah, September 12th, 2019 – Israa Ghrayeb’s death is still at the center of the Palestinian news and is keeping a light on the problem of the gender-based violence. While the thesis of feminicide becomes stronger, Palestinians demonstrate in the streets asking President Mahmoud Abbas to approve the Family Protection Bill, a law proposal for women and […]

Ramallah, September 10th 2019 – AICS Jerusalem, for the first time as co-chair, officiated the #LACS Health Sector Working Group, along with the Minister of Health Dr. Mai AlKaila and the World Health Organization (WHO) as technical advisor, in order to coordinate the international community effort in favour of the Palestinian health system. The working […]

Al-Quds University, August 27th 2019 – Two youth friendly centers for young Palestinians have been established and are currently working at Al-Azhar University in Gaza and at Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, thanks to the project “Strengthening Reproductive Health and Rights for Palestinian Youth” funded by the Italian Cooperation and implemented by UNFPA. Since the end of 2018, […]

Bethlehem, 22 August 2019 – The Italian Cooperation is continuously supporting the Mehwar Centre since its establishment in 2007. The Mehwar is the first anti-violence center in Palestine and in the Region that provides shelter, protection, legal advice to women survivors of gender-based violence and supports them their successful reintegration into the community. During the last […]

The promotion of policies to support adolescents’ #health on the national level, in order to reduce violence, unawareness and diseases among Palestinian youth, is the core mission of a new coalition of partners committed in #Palestine, launched today in Ramallah at the presence of the new Minister of Health May Kaileh. During her speech, Minister […]

25 July 2019 – New meeting of the Advisory Committee of the project START-UP, a credit line by 20 MLN EUR funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Jerusalem for Palestinian small and micro enterprises. Along with the approval of the 2nd installment of the budget support to the Palestinian Fund, 4 new economic development […]