This project aims to assess and strengthen cooperation between Europe and Africa in the field of digital governance, within a global context marked by multiple crises that have exposed the fragility of multilateral cooperation and negatively impacted Africa’s political and socio-economic stability. The project analyses Italy’s role – with focus on the Mattei Plan – in fostering a fair and sustainable digital partnership between Europe and Africa, grounded in common objectives.

This project aims at studying the Italian development cooperation agenda within the current international context, with particular attention posed on the effects of the multiple crises and those stemming from the redefinition of historic geopolitical balances. From this perspective, the research team’s work focuses on analysing, from various angles, the evolution of Italy’s actions in support of low- and middle-income countries, with the objective of examining the support provided both at the bilateral and multilateral levels.