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30 May 2023

Safe transition: equipping Palestinian adolescents to be safe, healthy, and equal on the road to adulthood.

East Jerusalem, 29 May 2023 Consul General of Italy in Jerusalem H.E. Mr. Giuseppe Fedele, Mr. Guglielmo Giordano Head of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and Mr. Dominic Allen Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed today an agreement to launch the new project “safe transition: equipping Palestinian adolescents to be safe, […]

16 Feb 2023

International Symposium on the conservation and management of Tell es-Sultan

National and international experts and partners gathered in Jericho for a two-day symposium on the conservation and management of Tell es-Sultan / Ancient Jericho, as part of the Tell-es Sultan Conservation Project. Participants, including national and international experts and specialists gathered in Jericho this week for a two-day international symposium on the conservation and management […]

20 Mar 2022

Gender equality through sport and nature in Palestine

70 women and girls, mostly from rural villages around Bethlehem, participated to the first activity of the project: “Empowering women and girls through hiking and climbing”, implemented by Palestinian Association for Mountain Sports Development PAMSD with the support of the Italian agency for development cooperation (AICS Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo). The programme included a clean-up […]

24 Jan 2022

Signed the Agreement between Italy, UNESCO and Palestine for the Conservation and management of Tell Es-Sultan

Ramallah, 24 January 2022 – The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation Aics Jerusalem Office, The Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem, UNESCO Ramallah Office and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA), celebrated the signing of the agreement between Italy and UNESCO to enable the implementation of the project “The Conservation and management of Tell […]

10 Dec 2021

Ending the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence with a 3 Km. run in Salfit

Salfit – Ending the 16 days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence with a 3 Km. run in Salfit, organized by YWCA Palestine, in collaboration with Salfit Municipality and the Palestinian Forum for Combating Violence Against Women (Al Muntada), and funded by Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo. A one hour run for Gender Equality started in Salfit […]

13 Jul 2021

Bethlehem – July 13th 2021, visit of H.E. Deputy Minister Marina Sereni

Bethlehem – July 13th 2021, visit of H.E. DM Marina Sereni – Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale along with H.E. Consul General of Italy in Jerusalem Giuseppe Fedele Consulate General of Italy in Jerusalem and Dr. Guglielmo Giordano Director of AICS Gerusalemme to the Church of the Nativity to oversee the amazing mosaics and columns revealed after long restoration works […]

08 Jul 2021

Giordano has met Minister Ziad Albandak to evaluate possible further activities

Bethlehem, July 20121 – Guglielmo Giordano Director of AICS Gerusalemme has met Minister Ziad Albandak Chairman of the Presidential Committee of the restoration of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem to oversee the latest renovation progress that was led by the Italian Government and to evaluate possible further activities to preserve this important cultural heritage. The Nativity Church […]

06 Jul 2021

Technical Agreement to start implementing a project to promoting women empowerment in Palestine

Ramallah, Palestine, Ministry of Higher Education وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي الفلسطينية – Mr. Guglielmo Giordano Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Jerusalem AICS Gerusalemme along with H.E. Minister of Higher Education Prof. Mahmoud Abu Mowais has signed a Technical Agreement, to start implementing a project to promoting women empowerment in Palestine. The project will support […]

05 Jul 2021

Guglielmo Giordano visited the President of the Constitutional Court, Prof. Muhammad Al-Hajj Qassem

Ramallah, Palestine – Supreme Constitutional Court المحكمة الدستورية العليا – دولة فلسطين – The supreme constitutional court – The Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Jerusalem, Guglielmo Giordano, visited today, June 24th, 2021, the President of the Constitutional Court, Prof. Muhammad Al-Hajj Qassem at the court’s headquarter, in order to enhance the cooperation between […]

05 Jul 2021

International Day of Cooperatives

Thursday, July 1st 2021 – Ramallah, The Director of the Italian Agency in Jerusalem Guglielmo Giordano was invited on the International Day of Cooperatives under the subject (Rebuild Better Together) funded by AICS Jerusalem. Giordano expressed the importance of the cooperative sector which is considered amongst the largest in the world and since 2014, Italy […]