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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
European Year for Development
Opening ceremony in Luxembourg of the European Year for Development, at the Lycée Athénée du Luxembourg
Ending the Year and future plans
Luxembourg had the honour and responsibility of hosting the European closing ceremony of the European Year for Development jointly with the informal development committee. The aim of the ceremony was to summarise the activities held in the EU Member States while at the same time looking towards the future. To that end, two videos were produced to pay tribute to and show the diversity and creativity of the many activities and events held throughout 2015 in the various Member States. At the end of the ceremony, an inter-institutional statement by the Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament on the legacy of the EYD was signed in the presence of HRH the Grand Duke and Prime Minister Bettel. The ceremony can be seen online at
http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?sitelang=en&ref=I113487
The ceremony was rounded off with a cultural evening at the Neumünster centre with artists from our partner countries. The following day, on 10 December, these artists gave classes to schoolchildren and enabled them to discover different cultures interactively. In order to avoid young people having too unilateral an image of developing countries we must ensure that a good understanding of the concept of dignity, and equal dignity, is transmitted by routes other than development.
