Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2013

As in the past, the largest support from Luxembourg to the OPT is done by financing the UN agency UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency), which provides assistance and protection to some 5 million Palestinian refugees.

Luxembourg’s development cooperation also supports Palestinian civil society via three local NGOs: the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC) in the agriculture and sustainable development sector, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) in the sector of reproductive health for women and the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN) in the transparency and good governance sector.

In addition to these actions, Luxembourg co-finances the PEGASE mechanism, a European aid and socioeconomic management project which directly supports the operations of the Palestinian state institutions.

^* The Occupied Palestinian Territories are to be considered as one of the main partner countries of Luxembourg development cooperation as specified in Article 3 of the Grand-Ducal Regulation of 7 August 2012 setting intervention thresholds, the annual financial ceiling, the local non-financial contribution and the audit obligations as part of the cofinancing of programmes or projects presented by non-governmental development organisations under the modified law of 6 January 1996 on development cooperation and humanitarian action.