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Explore the key aspects of Italy's International Development Cooperation, including Millennium Development Goals, Financial Support, Priority Areas for Action, and the Italian Cooperation in Balkans. Learn about the Directorate General for Development Cooperation and Italy's commitment to achieving aid effectiveness.
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COOPERAZIONE ITALIANA ALLO SVILUPPO Mr. Stefano Stucci, First Secretary/Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Italy in Sarajevo
The ItalianCooperation • Italy has a specific legislation on International Development Cooperation. • The Directorate General for Development Cooperation has been established in 1987 within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. • The field network has been organized through specific offices (UTL) in the priority countries. • The Italian Cooperation is very active in many countries where the need arrises.
Millenium Development Goals - MDGs • ItalyhasendorsedMilleniumgoalsconfirmed by the High Level Plenary Meeting. • The ItalianCooperationwill continue to supportactivitieswhichwillachieveMDGsbased on individualrights.
The Peer Review • Was held in 2009. • In the past years, Cooperation tends more towards the activities rationalization and efficiency. • All actions undertaken by the Italian Cooperation emerged from major international debates.
Financial support • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has continued the reduction of funds in the three-year budgetary planning. • Reduction does not mean disengagement. • In next three years Italy will fulfil the commitements taken in terms of aid effectiveness. • MoFA has selected a limited number of priority countries.
DelegatedCooperation • Activities delineated by the "EU Code of Conduct on Complementarity and Division of Labour in Development Policy“. • Italy has initiated the process of access to the modality of Indirect Centralized Management.
Directorate General for Development Cooperation - DGDC • Development Cooperation makes an integral part of Italy’s foreign policy. • Within DGDC there is a new office for monitoring of the aspects related to strategies and policies of EU development cooperation.
Priority areas for action • Agriculture and Food Security. • Human development, with particular reference to health and education / training. • Governance and civil society, with regard to aid for trade and e-Government and for information and communication technology (ICT). • Support for endogenous, inclusive and sustainable development, within the private sector. • Environment, land and natural resource management, with particular attention to water and mitigation.
Priority areas for action • Multisectorial initiatives: empowerment of women, vulnerable groups (children and disabled persons), cultural heritage and cultural dimension of development. • Gender equality and the empowerment of women. • Social inclusion of disabled persons.
Geographical Area • The priority countries of the region are: Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. • In Balkans there are 2 offices: Tirana and Belgrade. • Office in Belgrade has regional competencies over: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro.
The ItalianCooperation in Balkans • Emphasis put on actions in support of the private sector and entrepreneurship and institutional building. • New initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina are possible, in accordance with resources available.
