News

17 Sep 2024

INCLU.DE: Ensuring Inclusive Access to Health Services for People with Disabilities in Mozambique

The INCLU.DE – Inclusion for Development (AID –12759), an initiative funded by AICS, was launched in August 2024 with the primary goal of improving the living conditions of men and women with disabilities in Mozambique by implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The project focuses on the provinces of […]

11 Sep 2024

Closing ceremony of the BioForMoz project

On September 11th, the closing ceremony of the project AID 12089 BioForMoz – Support for Environmental Research, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) for the period 2021-2024, took place at Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM). The event was attended by, among others, the Italian Ambassador to Mozambique, Gianni Bardini, the Rector of UEM, Manuel […]

07 Aug 2024

Launch of the INCLU.DE Project

Today saw the launch of the INCLU.DE – Inclusion for Development project, aimed at improving the living conditions of men and women with disabilities in Mozambique through the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The event was attended by the Director of the National Human Rights Commission […]

01 Aug 2024

AICS and FAO Sign Cross-Border Projects for Sustainable Forest Management and Agricultural Trade between Mozambique and Zimbabwe

On July 30, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), the Italian Embassy, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe signed an agreement to implement two cross-border projects between the two countries. The event was attended by the Italian Ambassador to Mozambique, Gianni Bardini, the FAO Representative in Mozambique, […]

11 Jun 2024

Provincial coordination committee wants extension of DELPAZ to ensure sustainability of projects in Manica

The DELPAZ provincial coordination committee in Manica has recommended extending the programme by one year, until 2025, to ensure that all the investments already made, in personnel and social infrastructure, become sustainable and continue to benefit the communities at the end of their implementation. The coordinating body, which met in hybrid (face-to-face and remote) at […]

10 Jun 2024

World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day, celebrated each year on 8 June, is a crucial date for raising awareness of the vital importance of the oceans and the urgency of protecting them. This international initiative was first proposed in 1992 during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was officially […]

08 May 2024

International experts and local community to launch the fifth edition of the course on sustainable development of coastal communities

The fifth edition of the International Advanced Course for the Sustainable Development of Coastal Communities kicked off today at the Tricase Branch of CIHEAM Bari. This year, the programme welcomes a delegation of 13 ministerial officials from 10 Mediterranean and African coastal countries, including Albania, Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Lebanon, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia, Tunisia and Uganda. Funded […]

08 May 2024

Lurdes, a former combatant who fed a company, now produces to educate her children

Lurdes António, 68, didn’t have access to formal education in her childhood, like most women in rural Mozambique at that time. She was recruited to the Minga base of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) in 1982, at the age of 26. She underwent military training in Mandie, in the district of Guro, in the province […]

26 Apr 2024

AICS in Zimbabwe: Promoting Food Security

This week, Paolo Enrico Sertoli, Head of Office at the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) regional office in Maputo, conducted a mission in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe, together with Malawi and Mozambique, falls within the purview of the AICS Regional Office in Maputo. In Harare, the capital of the country, the Head of Office held meetings with the […]

22 Apr 2024

Rehabilitation of Escola Industrial Primeiro de Maio in Maputo: an important contribution of the PRETEP PLUS Program to the technical and vocational training in Mozambique

On April 19th, the ceremony for the delivery of four Air, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning classrooms at Escola Industrial Primeiro de Maio took place, rehabilitated and equipped under the AID Program. 10395 PRETEP PLUS, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The event was attended by the Italian Ambassador to Mozambique, Gianni Bardini, the Secretary of State […]