Italy, Financial Act 2011 – a negative record for International Cooperation funds
Posted by Wilma Massucco on October 21, 2010 under News | 
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After less than one month from the last New York Summit on MDGs, which finished with the commitment by rich countries to maintain their engagement for supporting MDGs, the new Italian Financial Act for 2011 cuts off 45% of the funds that in June the same Government had decided to assign to Cooperation for Development. Reaching in such a way a negative record: the effective amount that Italy will invest in this issue for the next year (179 MLN Euro) is the minimum assigned by this Country in the last 20 years. This policy is in strong opposition with the rest of Europe whose Countries are maintaining their obligation for Development, and with countries like Brazil or China that, realizing how much important it is the investment in international cooperation for the improvement of international safety and stability, have been increasing their contribution for development year after year.
Shall we need to improve the communication by NGOs and by EU about the objectives of EU external aid programmes? Which way?
The debate is on ….
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