Deputy minister confirms a 100 million euro increase for NGOs

In the initial draft Financial bill's annexes, the 100 million euros increase for development cooperation was to be allocated to multilateral organizations ( 80 million) and emergency aid ( 20 million).
Yet, according to the recent declaration by Deputy Minister Sentinelli, the increase is to be made available to NGOs, bringing up the budget for civil society initiative to the record figure of 200 million. NGOs financial allocation has increased four times since 2006.