Rome, July 7, 2009: On the eve of the G-8 Summit, the United Nations Millennium Campaign and Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) in Italy organized a stunt in Piazza del Popolo in Rome in order to grab the attention of G-8 leaders. The stunt was part of the “Press the 8” campaign which encourages citizens to pressure G-8 leaders to deliver on their promises at this week’s summit.

Rome, June 12, 2009: On the occasion of the G-8 Development Minister’s Meeting that took place at the Foreign Ministry in Rome on June 11-12, GCAP Italy organized a stunt in Piazza del Popolo in order to grab the attention of G-8 leaders. A huge weight with the word “crisis” crushed southern poor people while representations of G-8 leaders remained indifferent and kept on drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. The stunt occurred as development ministers met to discuss the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries and sustainable development.

Rome, May 29, 2009: The award ceremony for the creative competition “Little authors of great thoughts: G-8 children write to the big leaders” today took place at Villa Wolkonsky, residence of the British Ambassador in Italy, in the presence of British Ambassador Edward Chaplin, actor Colin Firth, Italian Millennium Campaign Coordinator Marta Guglielmetti and Tavola della Pace Coordinator Flavio Lotti. Even the President of the Republic of Italy sent a message to the young authors.

Rome, May 4-5, 2009: The City of Rome today hosted 260 delegates from over 40 countries at the Civil G-8, the forum where representatives of civil society and the most industrialized countries have gathered to tackle some of the most important issues on the agenda for the upcoming G-8 summit. Issues on the agenda include global governance, climate change and the environment, funding for development, health, education, employment, gender equality and the fight against poverty.

Rome, 6 October 2008 - The president of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE), Izaskun Bilbao, and the UN Millennium Campaign’s Deputy Director for Europe, Marina Ponti, signed an agreement this morning in Rome to encourage European regional parliaments to actively promote the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) amongst their citizenry.

L’Italia è «sempre più lontana» dal rispetto dei propri impegni per raggiungere gli Obiettivi del Millennio e «sempre meno credibile» ai tavoli internazionali. Per questo, «è auspicabile che il nuovo governo dia un segno di novità e di modernità». A bacchettare i risultati delle politiche allo sviluppo italiane, dopo la pubblicazione dei dati Ocse-Dac 2007 sull’Aiuto pubblico allo sviluppo (Aps), è la Campagna Onu del Millennio.

This fall, the Chair of the United Cities and Local Governments Millennium Development Goals Committee, the city of Rome, will award the second Millennium Cities Prize. The prize will be awarded to cities that distinguished themselves in pursuing the Millennium Development Goals and targets through city-wide and participatory strategic plans aimed at improving the lives of their poorest citizens. Two winners will be selected – a city/local government from the South and one from the North.