Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2017

Luxembourg aims to reserve around 75% of its annual humanitarian aid budget for emergency aid. This aid is allocated according to need and with particular attention to the most vulnerable people, taking account of several indicators such as the classification of humanitarian crises, risk management indices (INFORM) and the ECHO and OCHA forgotten crisis indicators.

In 2017, Iraq, Syria, South Sudan, Yemen and the DRC were considered level 3 humanitarian crises, i.e. the highest level in the UN classification.

With regard to the Syrian crisis, the Luxembourg government was able to honour its pledge to make a donation and disbursed 7,5 million euros (2,5 million euros of which was supplied to UNICEF for its “No Lost Generation” initiative).

Apart from Syria, the countries which received the most humanitarian aid from Luxembourg were South Sudan, the CAR, Iraq, Mali, Niger, the DRC, Somalia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya and Haiti. West Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region also received Luxembourg aid through a multi-country approach. Other beneficiary countries were the Philippines, Nepal, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Myanmar, Thailand, Kenya, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Cabo Verde. The implementation of emergency humanitarian aid in these countries and regions was carried out via Luxembourg NGO projects and contributions to UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.