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Luxembourg
Institutional Framework
Management System for ODA Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Luxemburgo
Total Staff in Nicaragua 8
Total Expatriate Staff 3
Total Local Staff 5
Contact
Embajada del Gran Ducado de Luxemburgo, Oficina de Cooperación, del Hospital Militar 1c. al lago 1 1/2 c. abajo, contiguo al Hotel Maracas Inn Tel: (505)2681881,2667965
embaluxe@cablenet.com.ni www.mae.lu
Aid in Nicaragua at a Glance in 2007
Disbursements / EU Disbursements 3 %
Grant ODA / Total ODA 100 %
Loan ODA / Total ODA 0 %

ODA Breakdown
Multilateral ODA / Total ODA 23 %
Bilateral ODA / Total ODA 68 %
Support to NGOs / Total ODA 9 %
Top 3 Regions
  • Managua
  • Matagalpa
  • Estelí
Degree of Centralisation
Programming Responsibility Field Office / Head Quarters
Project Appraisal and Approval Field Office / Head Quarters
Tenders Responsibility Field Office
Commitments and Disbursements Head Quarters
Monitoring and Evaluation Head Quarters / Field Office
Preferred approaches for aid delivery
Commitment to budget support 0 %
Commitment to sector-wide approaches 0 %
Commitment to projects 100 %
Programming priorities
Country Strategy Paper No
Period covered 2007-2010
Amount Foreseen 31,600,000 EUR
Internet link www.mae.lu
Focal Sectors and their Regions
11230 Basic life skills for youth and adults
  Amount: n/a
  Sector is national.
12181 Medical education/training
  Amount: n/a
  Focal Regions:
    - Carazo
    - Masaya
    - Rivas
14010 Water resources policy and administrative management
  Amount: n/a
  Focal Regions:
    - Matagalpa
    - Estelí
    - Madriz
    - Nueva Segovia
33210 Tourism policy and administrative management
  Amount: n/a
  Focal Regions:
    - Matagalpa
    - Estelí
    - Madriz
    - Nueva Segovia
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Disbursements (EUR, in Millions)
2007 2008 *
Grant 8.99 11.52
Loan 0.0 0.0
Total 8.99 11.52
* Forecasts
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Luxembourg - Current Country Strategy
Programa Indicativo de Cooperación PIC2 (2007-2010)

Country strategy: Luxembourg – Nicaragua.

Since 1990, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of Nicaragua have implemented cooperation projects in Nicaragua and in recent years, bilateral relations between the two countries have undergone continuous and substantial strengthening.

A first Indicative Programme for Cooperation (PIC) between the two countries for the 2003-2006 period was signed on February 5, 2003. The second Indicative Programme for Cooperation (PIC2) was signed on December 4, 2006. The overall indicative financial portfolio is 31.6 million euros for four years (2007-2010).

The objectives of the PIC2 fall within the context of the priorities of the National Development Plan of Nicaragua, the Millennium Development Goals for 2015, and the objectives of Luxembourg’s policy for development cooperation.

The strategic objectives contained in the PIC2 are poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable development through support for the socioeconomic development of Nicaragua and the maximization of the impact of cooperation by means of better coordination and harmonisation of aid and more effective utilization of programme funds.

The activities of Luxembourg Cooperation focus particularly on the following sectors:

1. Education and training of human resources (Training of human resources for the tourism sector and upgrading the Teaching Colleges – training of teachers; a project is currently being discussed with the Ministry of Education).

2. Health (At the national level, support is provided for structuring a National System for blood collection, while in the Departments of Masaya, Rivas, and Carazo there is integral support for the SILAIS.)

3. Access to drinking water and sanitation (Institutional support is given to ENACAL North.)

The PIC2 integrates the crosscutting themes of governance, environment, and gender.

Almost all the bilateral projects in Nicaragua are executed by Lux-Development, the Luxembourgish Agency for Development, while 15% of the financial portfolio goes to financing projects executed by multilateral agencies.