II. Cooperation with partner countries

Africa . Central America . Asia . Middle East

Sale of food produce through a women’s EIG (Economic Interest Group)

Using a multifunctional platform to produce electricity and recharge batteries or mobile phones

Hotel and tourism school in Praia

Neonatal equipment

Hairdressing salon in a vocational training establishment in the suburbs of Bamako

Market gardening in a peripheral district of Bamako

Conditions in a vocational training centre before renovation by Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation

Villagers in the Dosso region

Sale of produce by a grouping of women in Saint-Louis in the north of Senegal

Training villagers in hygiene within the context of a water supply project in the Thiès region

El Jicaro School, Municipality of Sesori (San Miguel)

Health unit in the Municipality of San Jorge (San Miguel)

Health post in the region of Matagalpa

Matagalpa centre for vocational training, hotel and tourism section

Plans for the future hospital in Bolikhamxay

Training of mid-wives within the context of support for the UNFPA

Support for the programme “Women and Climate change” implemented by UN Women

Craft production near Hanoi (supported by a microproject)

Busan and the new Indicative Cooperation Programmes

In line with the principles set out at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November 2011, Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation and its principal partner countries has been firmly oriented towards new partnerships and development effectiveness. Two new Indicative Cooperation Programmes (ICP) began in 2012: Luxembourg’s ICP with Senegal (2012-2016) was signed in Dakar, whilst its ICP with El Salvador (2012-2015) was signed and presented in Busan in order to illustrate the active implementation of Luxembourg’s aid effectiveness commitments.

The El Salvador Indicative Cooperation Programme is fully aligned with the national “Caring Communities” Programme, and Luxembourgish financial support is channelled primarily through a trust fund put in place by the Salvadoran government. Alongside the EU and Spain, Luxembourg thus contributes to the FOCAP (Joint Fund of Development Partners in support of the “Caring Communities” Programme), which aims to support the national strategy of combatting poverty and social exclusion.

In addition to a direct partnership with the government, the El Salvador ICP includes support for civil society organisations, particularly through a call for proposals mechanism put in place by the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Furthermore, this third ICP directly supports the Association of Microfinance Organisations in El Salvador (ASOMI), as well as the National Development Foundation (FUNDE), a Salvadoran research and development institute that campaigns for participative democracy, fiscal justice and transparency in terms of public finance management.

The Senegal ICP is also integrated in a process of national appropriation and implementation. The new programme’s operational scope has been enlarged with the addition of the Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine and Kaolack regions. It is also significantly more aligned with national procedures in order to encourage the various sectorial ministries to take the lead in implementing the programmes, thanks to considerable technical assistance at the central level. Furthermore, Senegalese civil society organisations such as the Civil Forum and the Citizens’ Movement will help implement some of the decentralisation activities.

Another feature of the programme in Senegal is the delegated cross-cooperation with Belgium: Luxembourg will take over the education and vocational training activities of Belgium’s Development Cooperation in the centre of the country, while Belgium will assume control of the water supply activities of Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation in the north of the country.

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