Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2015

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Classification in HDI 125/188

The extension of the Indicative Cooperation Programme from 2015 to 2017 was signed in Luxembourg on 19 February 2015 at the 11th partnership committee between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of Nicaragua. A new budget of 21 million euros was made available to ensure continued support for the tourism, health and vocational training sectors in order to consolidate the knowledge acquired by Luxembourg’s development cooperation in Nicaragua before the launch of a joint programme between European donors in 2018.

Thus, 2015 was marked both by the evaluation and closure of the ICP III programmes and the formulation of new programmes for the period 2015-2017. Apart from the sector-based programmes, a support fund was established to support Nicaraguan civil society in the fields of gender and climate change. The participation of the private sector was encouraged by means of a new partnership with the Union of Nicaragua for Corporate Social Responsibility, which was launched in August 2015. At the multilateral level, new support for the health sector was developed in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization focusing on maternal and child health.

The Directorate for Development Cooperation visited Nicaragua in November 2015 in order to take stock of the various formulations in progress and to ensure the proposals were aligned with the partners’ objectives.