Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2015

In 2015, following the political reforms which began in Myanmar in 2011, Luxembourg development cooperation’s first bilateral project there started in the field of human resources development for tourism and hospitality, plus capacity-building for administration of the sector. The project, taking place mainly in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, is based on the expertise acquired by Luxembourg’s development cooperation and its implementing agency in the course of former projects in the same sector in Vietnam and Laos. The aim of the project is to support the achievement of the objectives of Myanmar’s tourism master plan 2013-2020, especially the objective to maximise the contribution of the tourism sector – which has a broadly under-exploited potential – to creating jobs and generating income.

At the end of 2015, the formulation of a second bilateral project began, this time in the rural development sector, an area in which Luxembourg’s development cooperation has also acquired solid experience in the past in its partner countries. This project will focus on several concentrated areas in three districts in the east of Shan state. The project includes cooperation with the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime).

In parallel, Luxembourg’s development cooperation supports, with other donors, the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) implemented by UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services).