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- Preface
- European Year for Development
- COP21 and the Paris Agreement
- I. Luxembourg’s official development assistance in 2015
- 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. Inclusive finance
- XI. Evaluation
- XII. Report on the progress of the work of the Interministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
I. Luxembourg’s official development assistance in 2015
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The Development Cooperation Fund in 2015
Established by the amended law of 6 January 1996 on development cooperation and humanitarian action, the Development Cooperation Fund (DCF) is an instrument which enables the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to carry out successfully development programmes and projects extending over several years.
The state budget provided the DCF with 167 831 227 euros in 2015; added to this are the assets available on 1 January, i.e. 5,24 million euros, as well as revenue during the year (2,21 million euros) – essentially reimbursements from NGOs of funds not disbursed on projects co-financed by the Ministry.
In 2015, a total of 175,17 million euros was disbursed through the DCF. Half of this amount (50%, i.e. 87,59 million euros) was granted to the agency Lux-Development as the state’s principal agent in implementing projects and programmes involving bilateral governmental cooperation. We should also note that 21,33% of the available funds were allocated to non-governmental development organisations as part of the co-financing of their projects and programmes. The interventions by UN organisations in the partner countries of Luxembourg’s development cooperation account for 13,68% of the funds disbursed.
