Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2012

One telling example of appropriation is the support given by Luxembourg to telemedicine in Mongolia, which is entirely controlled by the Ministry of Health and Mongolian hospital doctors. On the basis of the initial positive results in a limited number of pilot provinces, the project was extended to additional ones, whilst the improvements in diagnostic capabilities prompted the inclusion of the development of heart surgery. The experience gained in telemedicine is now also being applied to maternal and infant healthcare, which is entrusted to the UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), thereby taking advantage of the complementarity and synergies between bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

Another project which receives technical assistance from Luxembourg is the support given to monitoring the Mongolian financial sector by drawing on the considerable experience of ATTF (Financial Technology Transfer Agency) in this country.