Aics Cooperazione 42d ago

26 Maggio - 13.30 – 14.45 - Corsie Sistine - Sala Lancisi Rising geopolitical tensions, interconnected global crises and accelerating innovation are transforming international development cooperation. Official Development Assistance is still understood as a strategic tool to promote global stability, economic resilience and shared prosperity, yet its effectiveness, public value and relationship with national and partner-country priorities are increasingly debated. This shift requires stronger engagement with the private sector and the use of innovative financial instruments such as blended finance. Initiatives like the Global Gateway and the Mattei Plan aim to mobilise broader financial ecosystems and adopt more integrated institutional approaches. The key challenge is to strengthen the catalytic role of development agencies while ensuring alignment with development objectives, public value and partner country ownership. Within this framework, ten years after its establishment, AICS aims at to foster a high-level dialogue on how European development agencies can contribute to renewing development cooperation, combining public action, partnerships and sustainable investment in support of shared development objectives. Institutional Greetings: Edmondo Cirielli, Deputy Minister for Development Cooperation Marco Riccardo Rusconi, Director of AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) Keynote Speech: Stefano Manservisi, Former DG Devco/Intpa at the European Commission and Chair of GCERF (Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund) Panel Discussion Marco Riccardo Rusconi, Director of AICS (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation) Director Antón Leis García, AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation), CEO Florbela Paraiba, Camões I.P. (Portuguese Agency for International Development Cooperation), CEO Jean Van Wetter, Enabel (Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation), CEO Jérémie Pellet, Expertise France (French Agency for Development Cooperation), CEO Ina Hommers, GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Director General for Client Liaison & Business Development Dominik Stillhart, SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), Ambassador, Deputy Director Moderator: Marilù Lucrezio, RAI Correspondent in Brussels