Luxembourg's development cooperation - Annual report 2018

A new cooperation model was established at the end of the final ICP 2012-2015 (21 million euros) due to the economic and social progress El Salvador had made since the end of the civil war. This new cooperation model enables the implementation of innovative projects, especially in three fields: support for the social policy of the El Salvadorean government, support for civil society via the fund for calls for proposals for El Salvadorean civil society organisations, managed by the El Salvadorean government and, finally, support for South-South and triangular cooperation through the performance of projects where El Salvador acts either as beneficiary or as provider of aid and expertise to other Latin American countries.

As a complement to the bilateral projects, Luxembourg’s development cooperation co-financed the OECD Multi-dimensional Country Review, designed to help the government of El Salvador to create a development policy and strategy. Finally, Luxembourg’s development cooperation is also supporting a local NGO active in improving budget transparency and combating corruption.