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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s Official Development Assistance in 2012
- DAC peer review
- On the path to 2015
- II. Cooperation with partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. Cooperation with non-governmental organisations
- VI. Humanitarian aid
- VII. Programme support
- VIII. Awareness-raising and development education
- IX. Microfinance
- X. Evaluation
- XI. Progress report on the Inter-ministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
IV. Multilateral cooperation
Class of school children in the San Miguel region of El Salvador
Luxembourg chairs the IFAD Governing Council
In February 2012, the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Ms Marie-Josée Jacobs, chaired the Governing Council, the supreme body of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), based in Rome. The event, entitled “Sustainable smallholder agriculture, feeding the world, protecting the planet”, brought together a significant number of international experts and distinguished guests from around the world.
IFAD works to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger in the world (MDG1) and, in 2012, represented 163 Member States, a portfolio of 21.9 billion US dollars, including co-funding in the form of loans and donations, with 237 projects and programmes around the world.
Luxembourg will continue to chair the Governing Council until February 2014, with Mexico and Indonesia as vice-chairs. The Governing Council also resulted in a joint Benelux declaration addressing rural poverty in the world.
Luxembourg has been a member of IFAD’s Executive Board since 2011 and sits in its Evaluation Committee. Luxembourg also assumed the role of coordinator of List A during this period.
