AaAs part of the initiative for the "Enhancement of the networking and managerial capacity of the Chouf Cedar Reserve," funded by the Italian Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, a comprehensive team from the reserve visited Italy from October 11-24.
The donors include the US Agency for International Development, UK Department for International Development, Danish International Development Agency, Irish Aid and Italian Cooperation.
In this respect, several cooperation projects have already been launched, notably by the German and Italian cooperation authorities, namely GTZ and MEDREC, with Japan, the European Union and the UN Development Program.
The two Italians, who worked for Italian humanitarian group North-South Italian Cooperation (CINS), were seized along with a Somali colleague on May 21 in Awdhegle, 70 kilometres (45 miles) south of Mogadishu.
Participants at the event included the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company, the Natural Resources Authority, the Arab Potash Company, USAID, European Tyre Recycling Organization (ETRA), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Italian Cooperation Organization and The Royal Academy of Maritime Studies, among others.
In particular, CDC, based in Georgia, United States, Epicentre, Health Canada, Italian Cooperation, Medecins sans Frontieres, the Red Cross and the United Nations Children's Fund, together with institutions in Belgium, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom, worked closely with the doctors, nurses and staff at the Gulu Hospital and Lacor Hospital, and with Ugandan government officials.
Aa It was launched by the hospital administration and the Italian NGO CTM and was funded by the Italian Cooperation Office of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut as part of its emergency program ROSS (Italy's rehabilitation employment, social services and development organization.
The Serb Government announced today that the ceremony to hand over the equipment will take place tomorrow in Belgrade in front of Health Minister Tomislav Milosavljevic, the Italian ambassador in Serbia Alessandro Merola, and the local head of Italian cooperation Anna Zambrano.
