The INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC PLANNING View February 26, 1987, law n. 49, bearing the «new discipline of Italy's cooperation with developing countries '; See, in particular, article. 3 of that law that defers to the Interministerial Committee for economic cooperation and development (CICS) identifying the general lines of development cooperation and the resulting programming and coordination functions as well as the approval of an annual report prepared by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the policy of cooperation in the previous year, to be submitted to Parliament; Visto l'art. 1, paragraphs 21 and 24) (a) of law December 24, 1993, # 537, which suppressed some interdepartmental Committees, including the aforementioned CICS; Visto l'art. 6, paragraph 4, of the Decree of the President of the Republic April 20, 1994, n. 373, which has, inter alia, devolution of the functions of the abolished CICS to this Committee; Having regard to the note # 231797 of October 17, 2013, by which the Minister of Foreign Affairs sent to this Committee, proposing its approval, the report on the implementation of development cooperation policy in the year 2012, report describing, inter alia, the international framework of reference, the Italian cooperation activities and the trend of official development assistance (ODA) in the same year; View also the report prepared by the Ministry of economy and finance, Department of Treasury, pursuant to art. 4, paragraph 2 bis, of the above Act n. 49/1987, on their activities undertaken in 2012, concerning the operation of banks and Development Funds to multilateral character and Italian financial participation in these bodies, resources report attached to that presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs; Taking into account the financial elements contained in the aforementioned report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerning in particular: the different sources of coverage of the total amount of official development assistance (2,844.73 million dollars) that are attributable to the General Directorate for cooperation of the same Ministry of Foreign Affairs (309.52 million u.s. dollars), to other Directorates-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ($ 129.91 million) , the Ministry of economy and finance (2,009.52 million dollars), to other ministries (325.94 million dollars), regions, provinces and municipalities (13.07 million dollars), with other government agencies and universities (56.77 million);
the commitments of resources for official development assistance in 2012 referred to major areas: agriculture and food security; human development, with particular reference to health protection and education and training; Government and civil society; endogenous, inclusive and sustainable development, the private sector and cross-cutting issues (gender and women empowerment, child protection, disability, environment, cultural heritage);
disbursements altogether willing to assert the amount earmarked for official development assistance by the year 2012, with an indication of the main areas of intervention and its percentage; Deemed acceptable the overall objectives of development cooperation policy pursued by Italy that fit within the strategy outlined at the international level and noted the trend of official development assistance provided by Italy in 2012; Given the proposal carried out under the existing regulation of this Committee (article 3 of resolution April 30, 2012, # 62); Having regard to the present note. 4524-P, prepared jointly by the Department for the planning and coordination of economic policy by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministry of economy and finance and post it to the base of the today's session of the Committee;
Resolution: it approved the annual report recalled in the introduction, presented by the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning the status of implementation of development cooperation policy pursued by Italy in the year 2012, which is annexed to the report prepared by the Ministry of economy and finance concerning the activity in the same year from multilateral development banks and funds and Italian contributions to resources on those bodies. In accordance with article 3, paragraph 6, and article 4, paragraph 2 (a), of law No 49/1987 cited above these reports will be forwarded to Parliament by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Rome, November 8, 2013 vice President: Saccomanni Secretary Director: Girlanda