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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
II. Cooperation with the main partner countries
Laos
Laos – 67 tonnes of ready-to-use nutritional supplements financed by funds originating in Luxembourg arrive in Laos; these supplements will enable WFP to assist 52 000 children under 2 years of age
Laos
Population 6,9 million
Surface area 236 800 km2
GNP per inhabitant (PPP in $) 4 680
Classification in HDI 141/188
The identification of the new Indicative Cooperation Programme (ICP IV) between Luxembourg and Laos was finalised in Vientiane in June 2015 at a workshop jointly chaired by the Laotian Deputy Minister for Planning and Investment and Luxembourg’s chargé d’affaires in Laos. The Laotian government, as well as the international and other organisations involved in Luxembourg’s development cooperation in Laos, were also present. It was an opportunity for them to make their recommendations and opinions known on the next development programme to be implemented based on the cooperation thus far. The two parties drew up and concluded a draft ICP based on these exchanges.
On 17 September 2015, Somdy Douangdy, the Minister for Planning and Investment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, made a working visit to Luxembourg. Minister Romain Schneider and the Laotian Minister took the opportunity afforded by this visit to sign the new Indicative Cooperation Programme (ICP), the framework agreement for cooperation between the two countries, which enters into force at the beginning of 2016 when the ICP III expires, and ends in 2020. This programme is aligned with the priorities and objectives of the 8th Laotian National Socioeconomic Development Programme, which covers the same period and is the Laotian poverty reduction plan.
There will be continuity between the 3rd and 4th ICP: the sectors will remain the same, i.e. health, rural development, vocational training in tourism and hospitality, as well as good governance/rule of law, which entails a certain consolidation of the interventions carried out in these areas. Under the new ICP, special emphasis will be placed on good governance, which will also be a cross-cutting issue, alongside gender equality, the environment and climate change.
With a view to enhancing aid effectiveness, ICP IV strengthens geographical concentration as well as increased cooperation and coordination between the bilateral and multilateral projects.
Laos
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Laos