Aid reform bill likely to be presented during December

While the upper House of Parliament - the Senate - is discussing the fFinancial bill, the informal Committee within the Committee of Foreign Affairs is attempting to draft the "Aid reform bill". The informal Committee has been working on the reform draft since last June, with initial hope to have a public text for discussion by Septmber.

However the drafting is taking loger, as the speaker for the Aid reform bill, Senator Tonini, is attempting to present a bi-partisan text. If he is successful, the presented text could be quickly discussed by the Senate whereby the ruling coalition has a thin majority. After fears of a stale mate in the informal committee could never finish its work, Sen. Tonini, is optimistic and the text could be publicly available over December.

The main roblematic issue still to tackle is the creation of an independent implementing Agency that the center-right opposition fears as a de-facto limit to the Ministry of foreign Affairs strategic leadership in development cooperation. In order to build a consensual environment, the speaker is accepting proposals by the centre-right coalition, for instance, introducing the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation.