Source: Government of Italy (English)
The second meeting of the Mattei Plan steering committee was held at Palazzo Chigi today, chaired by the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani.
The meeting was attended by all Ministries concerned and the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces as well as by representatives from the various State bodies and companies, publicly-owned enterprises, universities and research institutions, third sector organisations and private companies involved in cooperation and development activities.
The meeting recalled President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni’s recent trips to Egypt (17 March) and Tunisia (17 April), which allowed for important agreements to be signed in a number of the Plan’s action areas: agriculture, water, education and training. The meeting also reviewed the trips to eastern Africa that have been undertaken by Task Force members, development cooperation officials and the ‘Sistema Italia’, as well as the future trips scheduled to take place in the coming weeks.
Lastly, the meeting examined a consolidated version of the Mattei Plan summary document, in light of the observations made by steering committee members and ahead of finalising the document before its subsequent submission to Parliament for the parliamentary committees in charge to provide their opinion.