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Energy 05 Feb 2025

Italy and UNEP Launch a €2 million project to strengthen Ukraine’s energy resilience

Kyiv, 4 feb 2025 – The Italian Ambassador to Ukraine, Carlo Formosa, has signed an agreement on behalf of Italy with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to launch a €2 million project aimed at enhancing the energy resilience of Ukrainian cities. Funded by Italy, this initiative supports Ukraine’s reconstruction towards a more sustainable and decentralized […]

Educazione 31 Jan 2025

A new 340 m² air-raid shelter completed at Special School No. 4 in Chernivtsi with the support of AICS

Kyiv,  January 27, 2025 – With the support of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) Kyiv, a new 340 m² air-raid shelter has been completed at Special School No. 4 in Chernivtsi. The intervention, implemented by the Fondazione L’Albero della Vita (FADV), will provide over 120 children and teachers with a safe and functional […]

Energy 27 Jan 2025

Italy contributes €10 million to enhancing energy resilience and supporting social protection reform in Moldova

Italy is contributing €10 million via the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to promote energy efficiency and advance the digitalization of social protection and the energy sector. This allocation comes to complement the ongoing interventions of another €10 million contribution of Italy to UNDP in November 2023. “This project is particularly important, especially in the […]

Health 20 Jan 2025

Inaugurazione del reparto di riabilitazione presso la Clinica San Luca di Ivano-Frankivs’k

Kyiv, January 17, 2025 – The new Rehabilitation Department at the San Luca Clinic in Ivano-Frankivs’k was inaugurated yesterday as part of the “Health Care for Safety and Rehabilitation” program promoted by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The initiative marks another step in Italy’s commitment to supporting the Ukrainian healthcare system, which has […]

Cooperation 14 Jan 2025

Italian Cooperation steps up its support for Moldova

Chisinau, 9 January 2025 – A delegation from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Kyiv, led by the Head of Office, Pietro Pipi, visited Chisinau to meet representatives of Moldovan government and institutional partners. During the mission, technical meetings were held with officials from the Ministries of Energy, Agriculture, and Health, to discuss […]

Demining 13 Dec 2024

Italy allocates EUR 1.5 million to UNDP Mine Action Programme in Ukraine

Kyiv, Ukraine, 13 December 2024 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine is to receive a substantial contribution of EUR 1.5 million from the Government of Italy to bolster UNDP’s Mine Action Programme in Ukraine. This funding will significantly enhance efforts to expedite land release operations and build national capacities to address the […]

Gender Equality 10 Dec 2024

AICS Kyiv and UNDP present results of research into gender-based violence on public transport in Ukraine

Behavioural experiment and nationwide survey were carried out as part of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” campaign Kyiv, 10 December 2024 — To mark Human Rights Day, the findings of a joint initiative by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS Kyiv) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine’s Accelerator […]

02 Dec 2024

Thanks to the Support of Italian Cooperation, a social canteen opened at Kyiv Central Station

Kyiv, November 28, 2024 – A new social canteen was inaugurated today at Kyiv-Pasazhyrsky Central Station with the support of Italian Cooperation. The ceremony was attended by the Italian Consul in Ukraine, Stefano Moser, and representatives from AICS Kyiv. The facility, established within the framework of the emergency intervention project Humanitarian Assistance and Social Support […]

Education 14 Oct 2024

Ukraine: educational hub for students and conflict-affected population inaugurated thanks to Italian Cooperation

Kyiv, October 15, 2024 – The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Kyiv participated yesterday in the inauguration of the Educational Hub in the city of Samara, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, not far from the front lines of the war. The project, funded by Italian Cooperation and implemented in collaboration with the Association […]

Education 12 Aug 2024

Moldova: Italian Embassy and AICS inaugurate a new school playroom built with the support of Italian Cooperation in Ștefan Vodă district

CHISINAU, August 9, 2024 – A new playroom was inaugurated today at the Lower Secondary School of Popeasca, in Ștefan Vodă district, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Moldova, Lorenzo Tomassoni, and Pietro Pipi, Head of the Kyiv office of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The initiative is part of the […]