For the first time since the pandemic, Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI) will open the Palazzo della Farnesina to guided public visits on October 31. Besides the ministry’s renowned contemporary-art collection, the 90-minute tours include a rare stop inside the Unità di Crisi—the command centre that monitors global risks and oversees the ‘Viaggiare Sicuri’ travel-advisory portal as well as the expatriate registration platform ‘Dove siamo nel mondo’.
Visitors will watch a live demo of how the Crisis Unit geo-locates Italian nationals during natural disasters and political unrest, and how push alerts are issued through the newly revamped app. The open-day is part of MAECI’s outreach ahead of the Christmas travel peak and follows last week’s soft launch of an AI-powered risk-scoring dashboard that feeds into Google Ad Grants search results. Under the partnership, users planning trips abroad see authoritative safety advice surfaced at the top of Google queries.
From a corporate-mobility standpoint, the Farnesina’s digital upgrades offer tangible benefits. Companies can bulk-upload travel itineraries to the Crisis Unit’s API, ensuring faster consular assistance for employees on assignment or business trips. The app also integrates with major travel-management systems, allowing HR to verify that staff have acknowledged destination-specific warnings—an increasingly common duty-of-care KPI.
Antonio Tajani, Foreign Minister, said the initiative “brings citizens closer to the tools that protect them beyond our borders”. Registration for the three tours (12:00, 14:30, 15:00) is mandatory and closes on October 27. Security rules prohibit large luggage and require ID matching the reservation, mirroring airport-style checks and underscoring the ministry’s emphasis on safety even at home.
Mobility teams are encouraged to remind Italian travellers to download the Crisis Unit app and enable notifications; failure to do so can complicate evacuations and insurance claims. The new API is available free of charge but requires a data-processing agreement under GDPR.
Visitors will watch a live demo of how the Crisis Unit geo-locates Italian nationals during natural disasters and political unrest, and how push alerts are issued through the newly revamped app. The open-day is part of MAECI’s outreach ahead of the Christmas travel peak and follows last week’s soft launch of an AI-powered risk-scoring dashboard that feeds into Google Ad Grants search results. Under the partnership, users planning trips abroad see authoritative safety advice surfaced at the top of Google queries.
From a corporate-mobility standpoint, the Farnesina’s digital upgrades offer tangible benefits. Companies can bulk-upload travel itineraries to the Crisis Unit’s API, ensuring faster consular assistance for employees on assignment or business trips. The app also integrates with major travel-management systems, allowing HR to verify that staff have acknowledged destination-specific warnings—an increasingly common duty-of-care KPI.
Antonio Tajani, Foreign Minister, said the initiative “brings citizens closer to the tools that protect them beyond our borders”. Registration for the three tours (12:00, 14:30, 15:00) is mandatory and closes on October 27. Security rules prohibit large luggage and require ID matching the reservation, mirroring airport-style checks and underscoring the ministry’s emphasis on safety even at home.
Mobility teams are encouraged to remind Italian travellers to download the Crisis Unit app and enable notifications; failure to do so can complicate evacuations and insurance claims. The new API is available free of charge but requires a data-processing agreement under GDPR.
