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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
VI. Cooperation with non-governmental development organisations
Joint press conference by Ministry of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action Romain Schneider and the Chairman of the Cercle of NGOs, Armand Drews
“Zukunftspak” – the “future-proofing plan”
Negotiations were held between the Ministry and the representatives of NGOs throughout 2015 on the NGO-related measures announced by the government in its future-proofing plan. These measures are part of an initiative to make aid more effective and to concentrate finances in favour of the least-developed countries (LDC) while still maintaining the same overall level of official development assistance (ODA) and the portion of ODA allocated to NGOs.
At the conclusion of the negotiations, agreement was reached and the following measures were selected:
- a co-financing rate of 80% for projects implemented in the LDCs and partner countries of Luxembourg’s development cooperation;
- a co-financing rate of 60% for projects implemented in countries not listed among the LDCs or partner countries;
- a co-financing rate of 80% for projects in countries which are not listed among the LDCs or partner countries but which directly focus on human rights as defined by code 15160 of the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
The ceiling for the reimbursement of administrative expenditure has been lowered to 14%.
