{"id":1658,"date":"2014-01-23T14:07:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T11:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambaddisabeba.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2014\/01\/iniziztiva-it-af-2\/"},"modified":"2014-01-23T14:07:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T11:07:08","slug":"iniziztiva-it-af-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambaddisabeba.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2014\/01\/iniziztiva-it-af-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EMMA BONINO PRESENTS THE NEW &#8220;ITALIAN AFRICA INITIATIVE&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Italian Foreign Minister Emma Bonino, in a press conference in Rome on 30 December, presented the new \u201cItalian Africa Initiative\u201d, a project whose aim is to put Africa at the centre-stage, upgrading the Italian-African partnership in the political, economic, social and cultural fields. The launch event, which was co-chaired by the Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism, Massimo Bray, and the Minister for Integration, Cecile Kyenge, underlined that the &#8220;Italian Africa Initiative&#8221; is meant to be not only an acknowledgment of what is being done, but also a tool to give new impetus and show, both in Italy and in Africa, the possibilities offered by a reinforced cooperation. <\/P><P>The project will involve the Governments, the private sector and the civil society. 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