The regional headquarter of AICS Hanoi at the Workshop aimed to start the works for the amendment of the law on water resources

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On June 28th 2022, AICS Hanoi was honored to participate at the Kick-off Workshop on Developing the Law on Water Resources (amended) opened by MONRE Vice-Minister H.E. Le Cong Thanh and co-chaired by the World Bank.

The event has seen a great participation from key stakeholders at national and international level and laid out the first step towards a comprehensive law that maximizes sustainable management, conservation and protection of water resources.

During the Workshop, Italy was recognized as a valuable partner for its expertise on weather forecasting, effective disaster risk reduction models and technologies especially in the hydro-meteorology sector and flood prevention. AICS Hanoi reminded the great efforts of the Italian system on Disaster Risk Reduction solutions in face of climate change in particular those developed and adopted by the Central Functional Centre of the Italian Civil Protection Department and of the River Basins District Authorities and the relevance of having a strong coherence between institutional, operational, and legislative frameworks bringing as an example the Italian Legislative Decree 49/2010.

Emerging legislation and experience trends on water quality, weather forecasting, monitoring and surveillance of weather related hydrogeological and hydraulic risks including flood management for a water secure Viet Nam have been some of the topics touched by AICS Hanoi and on which the Agency is now configuring a Technical Assistance to support MONRE in this relevant milestone.

Inauguration of the photographic exhibition “SEEDS OF HOPE. Voices and faces from Myanmar” realized by CESVI within the S.A.F.E.C.R.O.P.S. funded by AICS

The exhibition hosting the shots taken by the photographer Gianfranco Ferraro in the Dry Zone of Myanmar was inaugurated in Bergamo on Saturday 1 April 2023; the area is strongly affected by the consequences of climate change where AICS has promoted various initiatives to support the local population; the most recent one is the S.A.F.E.C.R.O.P.S. project, created by the Italian NGO CESVI in collaboration with the local NGO NAG and the Microfinance and Development Onlus Association. The exhibition will be open to visitors until May 1st 2023.

The project aims to support the population in the fight against the effects of climate change in the agricultural sector through the promotion of innovative practices for sustainable agriculture, the dissemination of seeds suitable for the place and profitable and access to credit also for small producers in the sesame, peanuts, and bean supply chains.

Promoting sustainable rural development and community resilience in Myanmar is strategic, as the Country is considered by the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 to be second in the world for vulnerability to extreme weather events and natural disasters linked to climate change, which exacerbate the humanitarian crisis affecting, to date, 17.6 million people according to the United Nations.

The website www.semidisperanza.info includes in addition to the photographs, interviews with the beneficiaries of the project, who share their experiences and opportunities created for their families and villages through the project.

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Aics Hanoi: Exploratory mission of Dr. Margherita Lulli, newly appointed Head of the Office

Hanoi—In the week between July 22^nd and 26^th, Ms Margherita Lulli, who will take over as Head of the Aics Hanoi office from Ms Annamaria Iotti starting September 1^st , carried out an exploratory mission in the country to gain an initial overview of the context and initiatives implemented by Italian cooperation in Vietnam and the Far East. Ms Lulli is currently Technical Officer of the V° Office “Environment and Land Use” of the Headquarters of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.

During her presence in Hanoi, Ms Lulli had an initial tangible approach to the ongoing projects, also supported by an intensive agenda of

AICS Hanoi Team and Ms Margherita Lulli

meetings with Heads of Mission of the diplomatic representations with which the office works, counterparts and institutional partners, and the entire AICS Hanoi Team.

“I take this opportunity to wish the future Head of the AICS Hanoi Office a fruitful work experience in Vietnam. The country, as well as the entire region we are operating, is very stimulating, also in terms of development cooperation that follows modern times, with new challenges and opportunities for the entire Italian system,” said Ms Iotti.

Ms Lulli met the Italian Ambassador to Hanoi, H.E. Marco Della Seta, and had virtual meetings with the Italian Ambassadors to Manila, H.E. Davide Giglio, and Dhaka, H.E. Antonio Alessandro. She also participated in the Development Advisors meeting hosted by the Delegation of the European Union in Vietnam and AICS Hanoi sectoral sessions with the Program Experts of the office’s initiatives.

Among the Vietnamese counterparts, she met with Dr Ngo Manh Ha, Deputy Director General of the Department of Water Management of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, and Dr Hoang Thi Thanh Ha, Director of the Department of Foreign Statistics and International Cooperation of the National Institute of Statistics.

To date, AICS Hanoi has focused its action on water resources management, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), the action on climate change, health, and sustainable rural development in Vietnam, the Philippines, and the Small Island States of the Pacific and at a regional level by promoting the development cooperation component of the Italy-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) partnership. AICS Hanoi, also, intervenes in humanitarian and peace-building activities in Myanmar and Bangladesh.