Stefano Gatti, Director General for Development Cooperation; Robinah Nabbanja, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda; John Makoha, AVSI Country Representative in Uganda; Renzo Piraccini, President of Macfrut; Stephen Tumukugize, young agro-entrepreneur involved in the SAY project. On the occasion of the meeting, video greeting from Frederieke Quispel, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Uganda. Moderated by Giampaolo Silvestri, Secretary General of AVSI.

From the pathways leading to the Global Gateway to the Mattei Plan, the urgency to build a new equal partnership between African and European countries emerges, aimed at fostering lasting and sustainable development for all. To make this possible, we must start from existing realities and success stories such as the SAY project, which will be presented in Rimini as a scalable and replicable model: a four-year project, implemented by AVSI and funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands, that has trained 18,000 young people in Uganda in the agricultural sector, giving them the opportunity to find dignified employment in the field, thanks to multiple partnerships with the private sector and an approach that places the individual at the center.