Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2016

Population 6,08 million
Surface area 130 370 km²
GNP per inhabitant (PPP in $) 4 884
Classification in HDI 124/188

After being a partner country for many years, Nicaragua arrived at its third Indicative Cooperation Programme (2011-2014). The extension of this Programme from 2015 to 2017 was signed in Luxembourg on 19 February 2015. This meant that a new budget of 21 million euros was made available to ensure continuity of support to the tourism, health and vocational training sectors and to consolidate the knowledge gained by Luxembourg’s development cooperation in Nicaragua before the launch of the European donors’ joint programming in 2018. 2016 saw an increase in the budget for the extension of ICP III of around 4,3 million euros for all sectors combined.

2016 was marked by the formulation of a programme in the tourism sector and the start of new programmes in the health and vocational training sectors.

In addition to the sector-based programmes, a support fund was established to support Nicaraguan civil society in the fields of gender and climate change. The participation of the private sector was encouraged by means of a new partnership with the Union of Nicaragua for Corporate Social Responsibility, which was launched in August 2015. 

At the multilateral level, new support for the health sector was developed in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization focusing on maternal and child health.