Italy-UNIDO collaboration and the ACT Programme for the sustainability and climate resiliensce of the coffee industry in Africa.
In their long-standing partnership to advance sustainable economic and industrial development, Italy and UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) have entered a new phase of their collaboration to promote a more sustainable and resilient coffee supply chain in Africa: UNIDO’s “Advancing Climate-Resilience and Transformation in African Coffee” (ACT) programme is in line with the focus […]
Read moreVisit of Vienna Group of Friends of Food Security to the Joint FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories
On 27 March 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), through the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, hosted the Vienna Group of Friends of Food Security at the Joint FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria. Since the launch of the Group in October 2024 – which currently consists […]
Read more70th Anniversary of Italy’s Membership in the United Nations
2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Italy’s membership in the United Nations, as well as the 80th anniversary of the United Nations themselves. On 14 December 1955 Italy became a UN Member State by unanimous vote of the Security Council and of the General Assembly. That moment was the beginning of a long history of […]
Read more68th Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Vienna, 10-14 March 2025)
The 68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the main United Nations policy-making body dealing with drugs control, took place in Vienna from 10 to 14 March 2025. Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Alfredo Mantovano, head of the Italian delegation, delivered a statement at the plenary meeting, […]
Read moreIAEA. Meeting of the Board of Governors (Vienna, 3-7 March 2025)
Ambassador Debora Lepre, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna, represented Italy this week at the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of which our country is currently a member. The main items on the agenda of the session were: Ukraine, where the ongoing hostilities and the attacks against energy […]
Read moreInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science: panel discussion on the gender gap in biomedical research promoted by Italy in Vienna
Yesterday, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a panel discussion on the gender data gap in biomedical research and the need for more inclusive research policies was held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. The event, jointly organized by the Embassy of Italy, the Permanent Mission of Italy to […]
Read moreInternational Day of Girls in Science: Amb. Lepre opens ENEA’s event “Chi vuol esser STEM sia!”
Ambassador Debora Lepre, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna, delivered an opening speech at the event “Chi vuol essere STEM sia!“, organised by ENEA in collaboration with ASI, INAF, INFN, ISS, ISTAT and Sapienza University of Rome, on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Tuesday 11 February. […]
Read moreInnovation Beauty Inspiration – event on Italy’s role in space desing in the margins of COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
Innovation Beauty Inspiration. This is the title of the event on space design organized on 4 February by the Italian Embassy in Vienna and by the Italian Permanent Mission to the UN in collaboration with the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI). An initiative aiming to highlight the merging and application to the space sector of […]
Read moreUNIDO. Presentation of new Italian project for the development of coffee supply chain in Africa
Yesterday, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) held the event “Who Pays? For the Implementation of Sustainability-Driven Regulations”, during which Ambassador Debora Lepre presented the new multi-country project that Italy will implement with UNIDO in the coffee sector in Africa. The initiative is included in the Mattei Plan for Africa and focuses on increasing […]
Read moreVisit of the Presidente of Lombardy Regional Government, Attilio Fontana
The President of Lombardy Regional Government, Attilio Fontana, was in Vienna on 24 January to explore possible synergies and collaboration opportunities in the framework of development cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Accompanied by Ambassador Debora Lepre, Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organisations […]
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