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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s official development assistance in 2013
- ICT used for humanitarian and development purposes
- Post-2015: the state of play
- II. Cooperation with the main partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. European Union
- VI. Cooperation with non-governmental development organisations
- VII. Humanitarian action
- VIII. Programme support
- IX. Development education and awareness-raising
- X. Microfinance
- XI. Evaluation
- XII. Report on the progress of the work of the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
VII. Humanitarian action
Haiti - Rebuilding of a school following the earthquake
Humanitarian action
In 2013, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs updated its humanitarian action strategy and the General Terms and Conditions governing humanitarian action relations between the Ministry and NGOs. These two documents, which were revised in close collaboration with the main Luxembourg humanitarian NGO’s, will make it possible to better balance emergency action with development aid, by introducing the concept of ‘resilience’. They also provide for more flexible financing methods in order to promote a more long-term approach, across the various stages of a humanitarian crisis, and will provide continuity between the transition stage and development aid.
In line with the three pillars set out in its humanitarian action strategy, in 2013 the Ministry supported interventions in the three stages of a humanitarian crisis: emergency, transition and prevention. In 2013, the Ministry had a total budget available to it of 37 000 000 euros earmarked for humanitarian actions. Almost the entire budget was disbursed: 36 993 765 euros.
