Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2012

Luxembourg concluded a new generation of framework agreements in 2011 with those UN agencies considered key partners of Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation, notably UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNCDF. In addition, Luxembourg signed a framework agreement with WHO in 2006.

The implementation of multilateral cooperation occurs through two channels: direct contributions to the UN agencies’ budgets (obligatory, voluntary and thematic) and the financing of so-called “multi-bi” programmes and projects. Luxembourg maintains special relationships with a limited number of multilateral actors who operate in the key sectors identified by Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation, e.g. education, environment, health, governance, etc. The “programme” approach, as well as the “One UN” approach and UN joint programming, are all supported, and cooperation is carried out in accordance with the principle of aid effectiveness. Multi-bi programmes and projects are implemented by the multilateral organisations in Luxembourg’s partner countries, or on a regional or global level, and are complementary to the Indicative Cooperation Programmes (ICPs) that Luxembourg maintains with these countries.