IX. Development education and awareness raising

Start of the European picnic organised for the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Development education and awareness raising

2015 was quite a remarkable year for Luxembourg development cooperation in terns of communication, due to the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the EU and European Year for Development.

The first step was the migration of the internet site to the government internet portal and a new URL, www.gouvernement.lu/cooperation.

Luxembourg development cooperation supported the Fundamental Monodrama Festival for the fourth consecutive year and continued its communication activities such as News! (the Luxembourg development cooperation newsletter), sending press releases and updating brochures on bilateral relations. The annual report was produced in French in hard copy and online on the minisite www.cooperation.lu, and in English in electronic form.

European Year for Development 2015

“Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future”

2015 was announced as the “European Year for Development” by Decision No 472/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014.Luxembourg development cooperation was in charge of implementing the Luxembourg campaign. A series of events were organised by target audience, some for development professionals and others for the general public and young people. See the dedicated chapter for more details.

Development education

A total of 1 870 928 euros was disbursed for framework agreements and annual awareness-raising activities in 2015. Thirteen framework agreements were co-financed in 2015. The department participated in the Global Education Network Europe in order to exchange best practice in the field of development education.