Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2012

In addition to regular contributions to the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), an essential element of Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories provides support to Palestinian civil society - in terms of financing for the projects of local NGOs in both the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. These local NGOs* are active in several sectors including agriculture, health, good governance and the promotion of peace.

At central level, Luxembourg supports PEGASE (Palestinian-European Mechanism of Management of Socio-Economic Aid) which enables European aid to be channelled in support of the establishment and operation of a Palestinian State.

The Occupied Palestinian Territories are considered as one of the main partner countries of Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation as stipulated in article 3 of the grand ducalruling of 7 August 2012 determining intervention thresholds, the annual financial ceiling, local support other than financial and the obligations of audit within the framework of cofinancing of programmes or projects submitted by non-governmental development organisations under the amended law of 6 January 1996 on development cooperation and humanitarian action.

* PARC (Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee), PMRS (Palestinian Medical Relief Services), AMAN (Coalition for Accountability and
Integrity) and the Peres Center for Peace