Ramallah, December the 10th 2019 – The exchange of best practices and training activities between the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and Palestinian Institutions to improve living conditions in prisons is ongoing and shows good results. A new mission of the Guarantor of the rights of detainees and people without personal freedom and the Antigone Association has […]

Ramallah, 25 Nov 2019 – A 16-day joint campaign “Together Against Violence” was launched today, calling for prompt adoption of the Family Protection Bill and better access to services for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors. The campaign gathered a record-high of 68 national and international partners, which will roll out more than 100 coordinated activities throughout the […]

November 20th 2019 – Internal and external rehabilitation works are almost completed in Al-Nada area, Gaza Strip, where since 2014 displaced families are waiting to get back home. Al-Nada community, that actively participated to the project funded by a soft loan of 15 million euro provided by the Italian Government, is thankful and excited for a […]

Jerusalem, November 19, 2019 – The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Jerusalem is glad to complete a 2019 full of accomplishments and satisfactions with the official approval by the Italian Joint Committee for Development Cooperation of 3 new development projects to be implemented in 2020. In Your interest – Protection and promotion of the best […]

Ramallah, November 19th 2019 – The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation is participating at the third edition of the Italian Cuisine Week in Palestine and, according with its commitment for the local economic development and in favor of Palestinian refugees, launched an Italian-Palestinian recipe book, including a storytelling about the workshop organized last year. In November […]

Ramallah, November 14th 2019 – The Italia Agency for Development Cooperation in Jerusalem keeps supporting Palestinian institutions combating gender-based violence. In the framework of the projects WELOD III and SI-GEWE, a new survey on violence in Palestine has been produced, 8 years after the second and last edition. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) delivered […]

Jerusalem, November 2019 – Important results arise from the mission that experts from the Gaza Strip have recently conducted in Italy, within the project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and implemented by Overseas “Reuse of treated wastewater for agricultural purposes in Al-Mawasi District, Rafah Governorate, Gaza“. Through the initiative, a filtration and treatment […]

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 […]