ICC Events

New ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Lithuania - 11 June 2024
Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Morocco - Implementation of wells and drinking water supply pipelines in Agadir-Niznaguen (Morocco) - 2 March 2024

Service project created and completed on the initiative of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees Italy - Malta - San Marino - Morocco. The project belongs to the Area of Focus no. 3 of Rotary International: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Documents:

---> Video recording of the inauguration ceremony of the water supply system in Agadir-Niznaguen (Morocco)

New ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Poland - 11 January 2024
Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

New ICC Chile - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 11 January 2024
Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

Greetings Concert - 16 December 2023
Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform

Event organized by the ICC National Sections of Italy, Malta, San Marino and Russian Federation.

---> Video recording of the event

ICC Meeting in Gardone Riviera - Event organized by the Inter-Country Committees Italy - Malta - San Marino - Switzerland - Liechtenstein - From 21 to 24 September 2023



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Inter-Country Committees Forum for Peace in the Mediterranean - 15 September 2023
Conference in Rome, on the occasion of the Rotary Institute Rome 2023

The "Peace Forum in the Med", focused on intercultural dialogue and cooperation for peace in the Mediterranean, took place in Rome on Friday 15 September 2023. This conference, strongly desired by Mohamed Ghammam, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees, was organized in "La Nuvola" Convention Center in Rome by the National Coordination of the Inter-Country Committees of Italy, Malta and San Marino.
The Forum was attended by over one hundred Rotarians coming not only from the Mediterranean basin, but also from various areas of the world.


Forum organizers: Alessandro Pastorini (President of the Organizing Committee), National Coordinator of Inter-Country Committees Italy, Malta, San Marino; Carlo Felice Corsetti (Co-organizer), Chair of the ICC National Section Italy - Malta - San Marino / Belgium - Luxembourg (BeLux); Alessandro De Lucchi (ICC ITA-MLT-SMR National Coordination Secretary), Riccardo Lorenzi (Speaker).

Alberto Cecchini, Rotary International Director for Zone 14, brought his greetings to the participants as Convener of the "Rome Rotary Institute 2023".

Present at the Forum was the President of Rotary International Gordon R. McInally, who addressed the attendees with a message of greeting and congratulations for the initiative aimed at preserving and strengthening peace (video of his speech).

His Holiness Pope Francis addressed his greetings to the organizers and participants, expressing appreciation for the initiative and hoping that the event can foster renewed awareness of the divine gift of peace. Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, read his message (video of Pope Francis' message).



Summaries of the interventions of the Forum speakers and video recordings can be viewed below.

Documents:

---> Video recording of the speech by Gordon R. McInally, President of Rotary International
---> Video recording of the speech by Maria Carla Ciccioriccio, District 2080 Governor
---> Video recording of the speech by Mohamed Ghammam, Inter-Country Committees Executive Council Chairman
---> Video recording of the speech by Nathalie Huyghebaert, Chairperson Elect 2024-2026 ICC Executive Council
---> Video recording of the message by His Holiness Pope Francis (read by Mons. Vincenzo Paglia)
---> Video recording the message by Nicki Scott, Past Vice President of Rotary International

Genoa International Meeting on the Migrations - From 20 to 22 April 2023
The International Meeting of Genoa was organized by the National Coordination Intercountry Committees of Italy, Malta and San Marino with the aim of developing friendship, knowledge, understanding and peace and also to discover together places, history, art, culture of Genoa and Liguria. Genoa with its history, with its view of the Mediterranean and with its port has been an important reference point for migration beyond the seas and oceans and is still today a crossroads for people to meet.

The most important event was the conference "Genoa and the Migrations", held in the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa on Saturday 22 April, which was attended by 200 Rotarian delegates from 30 different countries.

Documents:

---> Video recording of the Conference "Genoa and the Migrations" of 22 April 2023 (Italian)
---> Video recording of the Conference "Genoa and the Migrations" of 22 April 2023 (English)
---> Video recording of the Conference "Genoa and the Migrations" of 22 April 2023 (French)

ICC Israel - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 21 April 2023
Ceremony in Camogli (Italy), on the occasion of the International Meeting of Genoa organized by the Italy, Malta and San Marino Inter-Country Committee

Friday 21 April 2023 in the Hotel Cenobio dei Dogi in Camogli, in a convivial evening with over one hundred Rotarians from 16 countries  (Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Moldova, Palestine, Romania, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey), the charter ceremony of the agreement of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees between Israel and Italy, Malta, San Marino took place, made official by the presence of Mohamed Ghammam, Chairman of the ICC Executive Committee.

From left: Mohamed Ghammam, Shaul D'Angeli, Alessandro Pastorini, Mario Baraldi

The Chart of agreement between the ICC of Israel - Italy - Malta - San Marino was signed in the presence of: Shaul D'Angeli (R.C. Haifa, D-2490), Chair of the ICC National Section Israel - Italy, Malta, San Marino; Mario Baraldi (R.C. Modena, D-2072), Chair of the ICC National Section Italy, Malta, San Marino - Israel; Mohamed Ghammam (R.C. Sidi Bou Said, D-9010, Tunisia), Chairman of the ICC Executive Council; Alessandro Pastorini (R.C. Genova, D-2032), ICC National Coordinator of Italy, Malta, San Marino.
Our warmest congratulations to the two ICC National Section Chairs Shaul D'Angeli and Mario Baraldi.

Supporting the Environment, an area of focus of Rotary - 1 April 2023
Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



The meeting on the Zoom platform was organized on Saturday 1 April 2023 by the Italian Section of the Rotary Inter-Country Committee of Italy, Malta, San Marino and Russian Federation in the context of one of Rotary's seven areas of focus: Supporting the Environment.
 
---> Video recording of the event

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New ICC Algeria - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 16 October 2022
Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



Sunday 16 October 2022 the foundation ceremony of the new ICC between Algeria and Italy - Malta - San Marino took place in a virtual online meeting.
The Sergeant-at-Arms of the ceremony was Alessandro De Lucchi (R.C. Genova Nord, D-2032); he opened and closed the online event with the touch of the bell. He gave technical support in the various phases in which the online event was articulated.
Mohamed Ghammam, Chairman of the Inter-Country Committees Executive Council, attended the ceremony for the delivery of the chart. Mohamed addressed a warm greeting to the participants and illustrated them the main contents of the 2022-2024 action plan of the Inter-Country Committees.
The agreement between the new Inter-Country Committees was signed in the presence of Guido Franceschetti, Governor of the Rotary district 2080, representing the Governors of all the the Rotary districts of zone 14 (Italy, Malta, San Marino).
Our warmest congratulations to the ICC National Section Chair Algeria - Italy, Malta, San Marino Lamine Benia (R.C. Alger la Blanche, D-9010) and to the ICC National Section Chair Italy, Malta, San Marino - Algeria Luigi Schiffino (R.C. Roma-Ovest, D-2080).
Big thanks to Tewfik Ghersi (R.C. Alger, D-9010), ICC National Coordinator for Algeria, and to Alessandro Pastorini (R.C. Genova, D-2032), ICC National Coordinator for Italy, Malta, San Marino.

---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

Twinning between Rotary Club Sorrento (District 2101, Italy) and Rotary Club Mar del Plata Norte (District 4921, Argentina) - Meeting in Sorrento (Italy) - 23 September 2022

    On Friday 23 September 2022, during a convivial meeting held in Sorrento, the Certificates of Recognition of the Twinning of the two clubs were signed by Paolo De Gennaro, President of Rotary Club Sorrento, and by Antonino De Angelis, President of Rotary Club Mar Del Plata Norte.


    From left: Antonino De Angelis, Paolo de Gennaro

    There are also present at the ceremony for Italy: Costantino Astarita, PDG D-2101; Antonio Brando, DGN D-2101; Roberto Santomanco, President of the National Section of the Inter-Country Committees Italy, Malta, San Marino - Argentina; Umberto Matrone, President of the Rotary Club Pompei-Villa dei Misteri (D-2101), Nicola Ruocco, President of the Rotary Club of Isola di Capri (D-2101). For Argentina: Eduardo Orso DGE D-4945.


    From left: Paolo de Gennaro, Roberto Santomanco, Antonino De Angelis

    The event was also attended by members of the Rotary Clubs of Dubai (D-2452, UAE) and New York (D-7230, NY, USA).


    From left: Paolo de Gennaro, Antonino De Angelis

    As evidence of the twinning, a commemorative plaque of the event was shown, intended to be placed on the wall in Marina Grande di Sorrento.

    Documenti:

    ICC Meeting in Modena - Event organized by the Inter-Country Committee Italy - Malta - San Marino - Switzerland - Liechtenstein - From 22 to 25 September 2022



    Documents:

    A new ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Ukraine - 29 June 2022
    Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



    ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

    A new ICC Greece - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 29 June 2022
    Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



    ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

    A new ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Taiwan - 24 June 2022
    Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



    ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

    A new ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Morocco - 9 June 2022
    Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



    ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

    Rotary International Convention in Houston, USA - From 4 to 8 June 2022



    Prior to the convention, the Rotary Presidential Conference "Serve to Bring Peace" took take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday-Saturday, from 3 to 4 June 2022, including an Inter-Country Committees Breakout Session on Rotary and our partners in Peace. The Conference focused on Rotary’s work for creating more peaceful and resilient societies. It was an opportunity to network with the wider Rotary peace building community, hear what others are doing around the globe to create more peaceful societies, to be inspired and to take action.
    To the Rotary Inter-Country Committee has been assigned Booth number 835 in the House of Friendship, just in front of the large Rotary International space.



    An ICC presentation on the theme "Strengthening international Service through Inter-Country Committees" took place at Montgomery Room of Marriott Marquis Houston on Monday 6 June from 03:00 to 05:00 PM (UTC-5). Inter-Country Committees (ICC) relationships contribute to expand Rotary intercultural understanding, build friendships across borders, foster peace, and facilitate cooperation between diverse cultures and nations through international service. Through presentations and exchanges it highlighted how Rotary clubs and districts can participate in ICCs to strengthen their international service work and build partnerships with Rotary clubs in other countries.

    Documents:

    Two new ICC Brazil - Italy - Malta - San Marino and India - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 29 May 2022
    Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform







    ---> Video recording of the charter ceremonies

    Two new ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Spain and Italy - Malta - San Marino - Serbia - Montenegro - 21 May 2022
    Ceremonies on the occasion of the ICC Executive Council meeting in Brussels (Belgium)

    On Saturday 21 May 2022 in Brussels, at the end of the convivial evening that concluded the ICC Executive Council meeting, two foundation ceremonies of the new Inter-Country Rotary Committees between Italy, Malta, San Marino and Spain and between Italy, Malta, San Marino and Serbia, Montenegro were held.
    The agreements between the new Inter-Country Committees was signed in the presence of Cyril Noirtin, Chairman of the ICC Executive Council, of the other members of the ICC Executive Council participating to the ICC Brussels meeting and also of many members of Belgian Rotary Clubs.



    From left: Cesare Ortis, Paco Chapa Mora, Laura Capuzzo Dolcetta, Cyril Noirtin, Nathalie Huyghebaert, Mohamed Ghammam

    The Chart of agreement between the ICC of Italy - Malta - San Marino - Spain was signed in the presence of Cesare Ortis (R.C. Roma, D-2080), Chair of the ICC National Section Italy, Malta, San Marino - Spain, and Paco Chapa Mora, ICC National Coordinator of Spain, representing Merce Martorell (R.C. Tarragona-Tarraco August, D-2202), Chair of the ICC National Section Spain - Italy, Malta, San Marino.


    From left: Vesna Baur, Giovanni Vitto, Laura Capuzzo Dolcetta, Gorjana Ponjevic Ballani, Cyril Noirtin, Nathalie Huyghebaert, Mohamed Ghammam

    The Chart of agreement between the ICC of Italy - Malta - San Marino - Serbia - Montenegro was signed in the presence of: Giovanni Vitto (R.C. Monopoli, D-2120), Chair of the ICC National Section Italy, Malta, San Marino - Serbia, Montenegro; Gorjana Ponjevic Ballani (R.C. Zrenjanin, D-2483), Chair of the ICC National Section Serbia, Montenegro - Italy, Malta, San Marino; Vesna Baur, ICC National Coordinator of Serbia and Montenegro.
    Both signing ceremonies were attended by Laura Capuzzo Dolcetta, ICC Coordinator for the Rotary District 2080, as delegated representative of Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator of Italy, Malta, San Marino.
    Our warmest congratulations to the four ICC National Section Chairs Merce Martorell, Cesare Ortis, Gorjana Ponjevic Ballani, Giovanni Vitto.
    Big thanks to the three ICC National Coordinators Vesna Baur, Paco Chapa Mora, Alessandro Pastorini, and to the delegated representative Laura Capuzzo Dolcetta for the foundation of these new Inter-Country Committees.

    New ICC Croatia - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 14 May 2022
    Meeting at Zadar (Croatia)

    Saturday 14 May 2022 the foundation ceremony of the new Rotary Inter-Country Committees between Croatia and Italy - Malta - San Marino was held in Zadar, at the conference of the1913 Rotary District.
    The agreement between the new Inter-Country Committees was signed in the presence of the Governor of the Rotary district of Croatia (DG 1913 Ljiljana Trstennjak) and with the support of the Governors of four Rotary districts of Italy, Malta, San Marino (DG 2032 Silvia Scarrone, DG 2042 Edoardo Gerbelli, DG 2050 Sergio Dulio, DG 2080 Gabriele Andria), represented in person by their Rotarian delegate Alberto Barzanò (R.C. Bergamo Ovest, D-2042).
    Our warmest congratulations to the ICC National Section Chair Croatia - Italy, Malta, San Marino Marko Čičin Šain (R.C. Rijeka, D-1913) and to the ICC National Section Chair Italy, Malta, San Marino - Croatia Giuseppe Navarini (R.C. Colli Briantei, D -2042).
    Big thanks to Ana Kanjera, ICC National Coordinator for Croatia, and to Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator for Italy, Malta, San Marino.

    ---> Video recording of Alberto Barzanò's speech

    Twinning between Rotary Club Manduria (District 2120, Italy) and Rotary Club Estepona-Costa del Sol (District 2203, Spain) - Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) - 23 April 2022

      On Saturday 23 April 2022 the twinning between the Rotary Clubs Manduria (District 2120, Italy) and Estepona-Costa del Sol (District 2203, Spain) was signed in Jerez de la Frontera, during the Congress of the Rotary District 2203, Governor Francisco-Javier Ygarza Fernandez.
      Gianvito Giannelli, D-2120 District Governor, signed in Italy as he could not be physically present in Spain.
      Francisco-Javier Ygarza Fernandez, D-2203 District Governor, signed in attendance as well as the President of RC Manduria, Giuseppe Perrone, and the President of RC Estepona-Costa del Sol, Montserrat Pijoan Vidiella.
      The witnesses of honor also signed in person: DG Francisco-Javier Ygarza Fernandez for Spain and Roberto Santomanco for Italy, delegate for District 2120 of the Inter-Country CommitteeItaly, Malta, San Marino / Spain.

      Documents:

      Rotary Inter-Country Committees International Conference
      Dreaming Peace Together - Support for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - 2 April 2022
      Virtual online conference

      Event organized by the ICC Executive Council in partnership with Rotaract Europe MDIO (ERIC - European Rotaract Information Center) and in replacement of the ICC International Conference and General Assembly in Kiev (which was scheduled for 1-2-3 April 2022).

      Speakers were Rotary International leaders, European Rotaractors, Rotarians and Inter-Country Committees leaders currently working on and supporting clubs and districts of RI taking action for direct humanitarian support in the Ukraine region.

      Speakers:
      - Shekar Mehta, Rotary International President 2021-2022
      - Gordon McInally, RI President-Nominee 2023-2024
      - Iryna Bushmina, Rotaract RAG4Peace President, Ukraine
      - Alex Orme, Head of International Giving at Shelterbox
      - Mykola Stebljanko, Editor of the Rotary magazine in Ukraine
      - Katerina Kotsalli-Papadimitriou, RI Director Zones 21/22
      - Celia Giay, ICC National Coordinator of Argentina, RI Houston 2022 Convention Committee Chair
      - Xavier Pacaud, Chair of ICC National Section France-Ukraine
      - Dana Moldovan, ICC National Coordinator of USA, DG D-5240
      - Claudine Schooley, Chair of ICC National Section USA-Ukraine
      - Christiane Leitner, President 2021-2023 of Rotaract Europe (ERIC)
      - Cyril Noirtin, Chairman of the ICC Executive Council.

      This event was also a call for donors around the world to contribute funds to support the relief efforts underway through the Rotary Foundation Disaster Response Fund and the Rotaract Europe Help account.
      Participants were able to interact with each other via the chat on the YouTube page and interesting comments were put on the screen.
         
      ---> Video recording of the event

      Meeting of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees Executive Council with the Chairs of the ICC National Sections connected with Ukraine - 2 March 2022
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



      A Zoom Meeting took place on Wednesday 2 March 2022 with the Chairs of the ICC National Sections connected with Ukraine, organized by Cyril Noirtin, Chairman of the Rotary Inter-Country Committees Executive Council, with the aim of sharing existing or planned projects and see together how we can help actions and coordinate our efforts.
      This meeting was attended by Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator of Italy, Malta and San Marino, and Antonio Ernesto Rossi, Chair of the Italian Section of ICC Italy, Malta, San Marino / Ukraine.
      Participants at the meeting were informed that Rotary International has created a special Committee, led by the Rotary International Director of Zone 21/22 Kateryna Kotsali Papadimitriou, to coordinate global assistance to Ukraine.
      RI Director Kateryna Kotsali-Papadimitriou, present at the meeting, announced that Rotary International has established a Disaster Response Fund, an official channel for contributions to support the relief activities for Ukraine (aimed at supply of water, food, medicine, shelter and clothing) by Rotary districts which will be given priority until April 30, 2022.
      Contributions to the Disaster Response Fund can be made by connecting to:
      https://my.rotary.org/en/disaster-response-fund

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      Greetings Concert - 18 December 2021
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform

      Event organized by the ICC National Sections of Italy, Malta, San Marino and Russian Federation.
      Closing concert of the Musical Month of the Rotary District 2071.       

      The Rotary Foundation can also be helped with a book - 13 November 2021
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform


      The meeting on the Zoom platform was organized on Saturday 13 November 2021 by the Italian Section of the Inter-Country Rotary Committee of Italy, Malta, San Marino and Russian Federation with the aim of raising funds for the End Polio Now program of the Rotary Foundation for the eradication of polio in the world.
      Referring to the Rotarian theme of the month of November dedicated to the Rotary Foundation, the organizers wanted to involve the participants, enrolled in the ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Russian Federation, Rotarians and friends, in the initiative launched by a long-time Rotarian from Florence Luigi De Concilio, aimed at making known the territory in which he lives and the possibility of raising funds for the End Polio Now program. Luigi De Concilio is in fact the author of two books on legends, stories and curiosities of the city of Florence (Firenze Bizzarra) and of the Casentino area (Curiosando in Casentino) whose sales proceeds are totally devolved to End Polio Now.
      With the presentation of the two books the organizers wanted to stimulate not only the purchase of the two volumes, which represent a nice and alternative "guide" to the visit of the city of Florence and the Casentino area, where Dante Alighieri  spent a good part of his life (this year is the 700th anniversary of his death), but also to stimulate the possibility of "copying" this initiative by writing texts that guide and tell about the curiosities of our places of life, always to be allocated to the fundraising initiative for the Rotary Foundation.
      The aspects of the meeting focused were: the Rotarian purpose of fundraising, the literary initiative and unique tourist promotion on symbolic places of Tuscany, to be replicated elsewhere, the references to Dante's life in his 700th anniversary.
      All this was developed in the meeting with two introductory interventions by Olga Kholmogorova (R.C. St. Petersburg White Nights, District 2223), Chair of the Russian Section of the Rotary Inter-Country Committee Italy - Malta - San Marino - Russian Federation, as well as National Coordinator of the ICCs of the Russian Federation, and Giovanni Venturi (R.C. Ancona Conero, District 2090), Chair of the homologous Italian Section of the Committee, and with the contribution of Saverio Lastrucci (R.C. Firenze Certosa, District 2071), Secretary of the Italian Section of the Committee and organizer of the event.
      After a brief speech by the publisher of the two books, a Rotarian of the R.C. Florence Antonio Pagliai, who indicated how and where to buy them online, it was broadcasted the video of the President RI Shekhar Metha made on the World Polio Day of October 24, 2021 on the almost reached eradication of polio in the world and on Rotary's continued commitment to eliminate residual cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

      So Luigi De Concilio very pleasantly presented the two books with the main passages and references, more witty and curious of the places in Tuscany. The author illustrated the images of the places and focused on artistic, historical and gastronomic curiosities described in his volumes, to arouse the interest of the participants in the meeting and to stimulate them to visit and get to know better, also for the benefit of the Russians friends who love Florence and Tuscany (Rotarians from Vladivostok were also present in this virtual meeting), places, anecdotes, corners and itineraries other than ordinary and simple visits organized by tour operators.


      The meeting was also attended by Alessandro Pastorini, Inter-Country Committees National Coordinator of Italy - Malta - San Marino, and some members of the ICC National Coordination team of Italy - Malta - San Marino.
      Margherita Salvador and Evgenia Leydaieva, both members of the ICC Italy - Malta - San Marino - Russian Federation working group, respectively worked as Russian-Italian and Italian-Russian interpreters.
      The meeting closed with some questions, curiosities and thanks to the speaker Luigi De Concilio, who expressed his willingness to present his two volumes at other Rotarian meetings in other Districts.
       
      ---> Video recording of the event

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      Meeting of the Rotary Clubs Genova (D-2032, Italy) and Amman Cosmopolitan (D-2452, Jordan) - 26 October 2021
      Convivial meeting at the Hotel Bristol Palace, via XX Settembre 35, Genoa, with connection to the Zoom platform

      The President of the Rotary Club of Genova Mario Riccomagno opens the meeting at 12.45 with a cordial welcome to all Members and reminds that the celebrations of the World Polio Day took place on Sunday 24 October 2021. On that day, a celebratory meeting was held proposed in live streaming by all the Rotary Districts of Zone 14 and many Rotarians took a walk in the center of Genoa, starting in Piazza De Ferrari, wearing red Polio t-shirts. In addition, for this occasion, the central fountain was also colored red.

      The fight against polio has been carried out with great results since 1979. Rotarians, together with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Center of Disease Control and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in these years of activity have immunized over 2,5 billion children against polio and are reaching their goal of complete eradication of this disease from our planet.
      After lunch, at 2 pm the connection via Zoom with the Rotary Club of Amman Cosmopolitan is established: there are warm greetings, representing all the members of the Club, brought by the President Michael Nazzal and by the Past President Ibrahim Kattan, National Coordinator of the Inter-Country Committees of Jordan, with which relations between the two clubs have been initiated.

      Ibrahim Kattan starts a short presentation of the R.C. Amman Cosmopolitan which includes the most important services: among all the Gift of Life project stands out, an initiative to support children with serious heart problems.
      Francesco Di Marco, President of the Rotary Club Verrazano (Brooklyn) (D-7255, NY, USA) and responsible for the project of cooperation with the Giannina Gaslini Pediatric Hospital in Genoa, is present in the videoconference.
      For the R.C. of Genova speak:
      - PRID PDG Giuseppe Viale, with a summary on the history of the R.C. of Genova, and the salient facts connected to it;
      - PDG Alessandro Pastorini, National Coordinator of the Inter-Country Committees of Italy, Malta and San Marino, to illustrate the inter-country relations between Italy and Jordan, whose agreement was signed on 8 June 2021;
      - President Mario Riccomagno, with a concise presentation of the service projects of the R.C. of Genova;
      - Davide Bleve, President of the Club Contact Committee of the Club, with a brief description of the relationships maintained with other foreign Rotary Clubs (R.C. Marseille, twin Club, and R.C. Lugano).

      At the end of the two presentations, space is given to brief greetings and interventions by the participants in the videoconference and, after the mutual thanks of the Presidents of the two Clubs, the meeting ends at 3 pm with the usual ringing of the bell.
      Heartfelt congratulations on this very successful meeting, excellently organized in the spirit of strengthening friendship, promoting peace, initiating and supporting service projects.

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      New ICC Palestine - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 26 September 2021
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform



      Sunday 26 September 2021 the foundation ceremony of the new ICC between Palestine and Italy - Malta - San Marino took place in a virtual online meeting.
      The two Sergeants-at-Arms of the ceremony opened and closed the online event with the touch of the bell: Maggie Hazou (R.C. Bethlehem, D-2452) and Alessandro De Lucchi (R.C. Genova Nord, D-2032); they both illustrated in two languages ​​- respectively English and Italian - the various phases in which the event took place.
      The agreement between the new Inter-Country Committees was signed in the presence of the Governor of the Rotary district to which Palestine belongs (DG 2452 Ashot Karapetyan) and the Governors of five Rotary districts of Italy, Malta, San Marino (DG 2031 Luigi Viana, DG 2032 Silvia Scarrone, DG 2080 Gabriele Andria, DG 2102 Fernando Amendola, DG 2110 Gaetano De Bernardis, DG 2120 Gianvito Giannelli). For DG 2101 Costantino Astarita was present, as representative delegated by him in his stead, Biagio Vallefuoco, Past President 2010-2011 of R.C. Napoli Castel Sant'Elmo.
      Video-recorded congratulations and best wishes from Katerina Kotsali-Papadimitriou, RI Director 2020-2022, and Cyril Noirtin, Chairman of the Inter-Country Committees Executive Council, were shown at the ceremony.
      Our warmest congratulations to the ICC National Section Chair Palestine - Italy, Malta, San Marino Bilal Abu Hijleh (R.C. Ramallah, D-2452) and to the ICC National Section Chair Italy, Malta, San Marino - Palestine Gian Michele Gancia (R.C. Genova Sud Ovest, D-2032).
      Big thanks to Iyad Aburdeineh, ICC National Coordinator for Palestine, and to Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator for Italy, Malta, San Marino.

      ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

      New ICC Jordan - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 8 June 2021
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform

      The charter ceremony of the new ICC between Jordan and Italy, Malta, San Marino took place on 8 June 2021 in a virtual online meeting.
      As evidence of the strong ties that bind Italy to Jordan, Fabio Cassese, Italian Ambassador to Amman, took part in the ceremony.
      The agreement between the new Inter-Country Committees was signed in the presence of the Governor of the Rotary district to which Jordan belongs (DG 2452 Mazen A. Alumran) and the Governors of four Rotary districts of Italy, Malta, San Marino (DG 2032 Giuseppe Musso, DG 2050 Ugo Nichetti, DG 2100 Massimo Franco, DG 2120 Giuseppe Seracca Guerrieri).
      Video-recorded congratulations and best wishes from Holger Knaack, President of Rotary International, Katerina Kotsali-Papadimitriou, 2020-2022 RI Director, and Cyril Noirtin, Chairman of the ICC Executive Council, were shown at the ceremony.
      Hawkat Tadros, PDG 2019-2020 of district 2452, and Sergio Vinciguerra, Past National Coordinator of CIP Italy, Malta and San Marino addressed the new ICC.
      Congratulations to the ICC Section Chair Jordan - Italy, Malta, San Marino Rana Rizkallahmman (R.C. Amman, D-2452) and the ICC Section Chair Italia, Malta, San Marino - Jordan Franco Pejrone (R.C. Cuneo-Alpi del Mare, D-2032).
      Many thanks to Ibrahim Kattan, ICC National Coordinator for Jordan, and Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator for Italy, Malta, San Marino.
      The Sergeants-at-Arms of the ceremony were: Lubna Fakhoury (R.C. Amman, D-2452) and Alessandro De Lucchi (R.C. Genova Nord, D-2032).

      ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

      New ICC Argentina - Italy - Malta - San Marino - 12 May 2021
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform

      The charter ceremony of the new ICC between Argentina and Italy, Malta, San Marino took place on May 12, 2021 in a virtual online meeting.
      More than two hundred people attended the ceremony, under the witness of Celia Cruz de Giay, Past Vice President of Rotary International, and Ezio Lanteri, Rotary International elected director RY 2022-2024.
      The ICC agreement signing was accomplished in the presence of the governors of six Rotary districts of Argentina (DG 4845 Luis Benitez, DG 4851 Cristina Bogus, DG 4895 Edgardo Murua, DG 4905 Constanza Sena, DG 4921 Horacio Rosenthal, DG 4945 Fabián Abate) and the governors of six Rotary districts of Italia, Malta, San Marino (DG 2031 Michelangelo De Biasio, DG 2032 Giuseppe Musso, DG 2080 Giovambattista Mollicone, DG 2100 Massimo Franco, DG 2110 Alfio Di Costa, DG 2120 Giuseppe Seracca Guerrieri).
      Cyril Noirtin, Chairman of the Inter-Country Committees Executive Council, greeted the new ICC with a video recording.

      ---> Video recording of the charter ceremony

      Our warmest congratulations to the ICC Section Chair Argentina - Italy, Malta, San Marino Luis Emilio Serra (R.C. Tandil Oeste, D-4921) and the ICC Section Chair Italia, Malta, San Marino - Argentina Corrado Perrone (R.C. Roma Colosseo, D-2080).
      Many thanks to Celia Cruz de Giay, ICC National Coordinator for Argentina, and Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator for Italy, Malta, San Marino.
      Miguel Ãngel Milano (R.C. Rosario Plaza de la Bandera, D-4945) and Alessandro De Lucchi (R.C. Genova Nord, D-2032) were the Sergeants-at-Arms of the ceremony.

      New orizons from the Land of Abraham - 30 March 2021
      Virtual meeting using the Zoom platform

      The online event "New orizons from the Land of Abraham - The Bridge of Pope Francis after his apostolic journey to Iraq" took place on the Zoom platform, organized by the ICC National Sections Italy-Malta-San Marino and Belgium-GD Luxembourg, whose Chairs are Carlo Felice Corsetti (R.C. Roma Nord Est, D-2080) and Azelio Fulmini (R.C. Bruxelles Amitié, D-2150).
      The video conference was intended to reflect on interreligious dialogue, in particular on the recent Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Iraq, and was held in the presence of the speakers Stefano Girotti Zirotti, writer and journalist of Rai Vaticano, Abdellah Redouane, secretary of the cultural center of the Great Mosque of Rome, Martino Diez, professor at the Catholic University of Milan and director of the Oasis International Foundation, Paolo Alazraki, president of the Institute of Anthropology of Finance (Milan) and exponent of the Jewish community, former vice-president of the Ghetto of Venice.
      The zoom meeting was attended by Bertrand Baranovsky, ICC General Secretary, Nathalie Huyghebaert, ICC National Coordinator of Belgium-GD Luxembourg, Alessandro Pastorini, ICC National Coordinator of Italy-Malta-San Marino, Giovanni D’Antino, President of Rotary Club Roma Nord Est.

      ---> Videorecording of the event

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