Development Cooperation

LUXEMBOURGKOSOVO

BILATERAL COOPERATION

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Table of Contents

06 STRATEGIES & PRINCIPLES

16 SUPPORT TO CIVIL SOCIETY

17 CONTACTS

08 FIGURES

07 LUXEMBOURG'S DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN KOSOVO

10 BILATERAL COOPERATION

04 KOSOVO, OVERVIEW

15 MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

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7,600 usdGDP - per capita (PPP)

10 887 km2Surface

1,859,200Population

92%Literacy rate

70Life expectancy at birth

87 / 186Human Development Index ranking in 2013

45%Unemployment rate

28 Med

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0.97%Population growth rate

Kosovo, overview

ALBANIA

MACEDONIA

MONTENEGRO

SERBIA

Prishtinë(Priština)

Mitrovicë(Mitrovica)

Gnjilane

Prizren

Pejë(Peć)

Gjakovë(Đakovica) Ferizaji

(Uroševac)

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Intervention of Luxembourg's Development Cooperation

Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Pristina, Kosovo

LuxDev Regional Office

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Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: Strategies & principles

Luxembourg's Development Cooperation is strongly committed to eradicating poverty, particularly in Least Developed Countries (LDC). Actions are designed and implemented in the spirit of sustain-able development including its social, economic and environmental aspects – with women, children and men at their core.

Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation aims pri-marily to contribute to implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The main intervention sectors for cooperation are: health, edu-cation, including vocational and technical training and access to labour markets, and integrated local development with a strong emphasis on water and sanitation. Relevant initiatives in the field of micro-finance are encouraged and supported, both at the conceptual and operational levels.

From a geographic point of view, Luxembourg's Development Cooperation has a policy of focusing interventions in a restricted number of partner coun-tries in order to optimise effectiveness and impact.

Since the year 2000, Luxembourg has been one of the few industrialised countries contributing more than 0.7% of their Gross National Income (GNI) to Offi-cial Development Assistance (ODA). In 2013, Luxem-bourg’s ODA reached 323 Million EUR representing 1% of GNI. This ODA is channelled through bilateral cooperation, multilateral cooperation, and coop-eration through Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), as well as through programme support.

Besides, whenever natural or man-made disasters occur, Luxembourg strongly supports rapid humani-tarian assistance through crisis management and

life saving operations. Disaster prevention and post disaster transition work are part of Luxembourg’s humanitarian assistance strategy.

In parallel, Luxembourg's Development Cooperation is actively involved in discussions on new quality standards of international development aid. Luxem-bourg, as the acting Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2005, played an important role in the negotiation and adoption of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and Luxembourg also endorsed the Accra Agenda for Action (AAA) and is committed to the European Code of Conduct on Complementa-rity and Division of Labour.

The general strategy and principles of Luxembourg's Development Cooperation are complemented by twelve sector strategies covering the main areas of Luxembourg's global Development Cooperation, namely health; humanitarian action; agriculture and food security; local development; water and sanita-tion; education, training and employability; environ-ment and climate change; gender; governance, capac-ity building; fragile states and microfinance.

Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation and humanitarian aid policy is characterised by a con-stant and progressive effort in quantitative and quali-tative terms at the service of the poorest. This policy is an expression of true international solidarity and as such an important vector of the foreign policy of the government of Luxembourg.

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Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation in Kosovo

Luxembourg’s support to Kosovo began with a broad humanitarian and reconstruction programme that was launched immediately after the 1999 conflict. From 2001 onwards, this effort gradually changed into a more sustainable development cooperation pro-gramme. Today, and with the downscaling of similar programmes in Montenegro and Serbia after these countries started EU accession talks, Kosovo remains the main beneficiary of Luxembourg’s development aid in the Balkans.

On 23 April 2013, the first partnership committee between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Republic of Kosovo was held in Luxembourg during which a general four-year cooperation agreement was signed that set the development aid framework for the 2013-2016 period. This framework lays out the main principles for Luxembourg’s action, focussing on the sectors of vocational education/training; health; and water and sanitation. This increased formalisation went hand in hand with the strengthening of diplo-matic ties between both countries. This is when the former Development Cooperation Office in Pristina, established in 1999, was upgraded to an Embassy headed by a non-resident ambassador.

Currently three bilateral projects are being imple-mented by Lux-Development: (i) one in the field of vocational education, where two vocational schools in Ferizaj (paramedical sector) and Prizren (trade professions) are being built and accompanied; (ii) one in the field of water and sanitation, through which the Mitrovica regional water network is being rehabilitated and the capacities of the regional water company enhanced; and (iii) the third in the health sector. This last project, which aims at creating a national health

information system, has supported the Ministry of Health to develop an integrated national health strat-egy and its corresponding action plan. Because of this close cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Luxem-bourg was designated lead donor in the health sector.

In parallel to these bilateral projects, Caritas Luxem-bourg is implementing, via its office in Ferizaj, a range of projects that foster employment generation, com-munity development, income generating activities, as well as support to schools and medical facilities.

At the same time UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO are running a Luxembourg-financed joint programme in reproduc-tive health, in synergy with the bilateral health pro-gramme. Luxembourg is also co-financing a UNOPS/Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS)-led population and housing census.

Finally, Luxembourg is co-financing, via a delegated cooperation to the European Union, the modernisa-tion of the Pristina district heating system.

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Duration Title Sector Total Budget EUR

2012-2015 Pristina District Heating (delegated to EU) Energy 1,500,000 2007-2016 Improving Health of Women & Children (I & II) Health 4,834,700

2010-2015 Population & Housing Census in Kosovo Population policy 800,000

2. Multilateral Cooperation

Figures

Evolution of funds disbursed

1. Bilateral Cooperation

Duration Code Title Sector Total Budget EUR

2009-2014 KSV/014 Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo Health 6,500,000

2009-2016 KSV/015 Support to Vocational Education and Training Reform in Kosovo: Establishment of Centres of Competence in Ferizaj and Prizren

Vocational training 10,000,000

2011-2014 KSV/016 Institutional and Technical Support for the Water Supply System, Mitrovica Region

Water & Sanitation 4,500,000

2015-2018 KSV/017 Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo (II) Health 6,000,000

2014-2018 KSV/018 Institutional and Technical Support for the Water Supply System, Mitrovica Region (II)

Water & Sanitation 4,500,000

2011-2014 Caritas Kosovo: Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Development Social 3,411,893 2014-2016 Caritas Kosovo: Drawing on Experience, Tracing the Future Social 2,000,000

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million EUR

20167,336,881

20155,835,769

20147,758,903

20136,804,216

201211,309,659

20114,952,467

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BILATERAL COOPERATION

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As part of the implementation of the National Health Sector Strategy, the project directly assists the Kosovar Ministry of Health (MoH) in strengthening its capacities and implementing an ambitious reform of the sector.

Project results are achieved through technical assistance in direct support to the Ministry and its staff. This technical assistance is focusing on the elaboration of various policy options for decision makers and supporting the MoH in the implementation of these strategic priorities.

Moreover, the project has conceptualised and is currently implementing, the first phase of an electronic health information system covering no less than 40% of all health provision institutions

in the country. A roll-out to all remaining health facilities is planned in a second phase.

Lastly, the project has consolidated a previ-ous Luxembourgish intervention in the Prizren region, where the regional hospital was upgraded. This time, additional improvements have been made to this same hospital as well as to munici-pal health infrastructures in the region.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 6,500,000 EUR

Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo

KSV/0142009-2014

New neonatology unit in Prizren Hospital

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BILATERAL COOPERATION

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The project supports the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) of Kosovo and contributes to the modernisation of the formal education system through a Vocational and Edu-cational Training (VET) sector reform.

It concentrates on the establishment of two Cen-tres of Competence (CoC), one for health care in Ferizaj and the other for trade and commerce in Prizren. Apart from the construction and equip-ment of the two CoCs, taking into account the defined occupational profiles and the needs of the two sectors, the project also includes curriculum development with the respective training of train-ers and capacity building of CoC staff.

The future CoCs' main purpose will be to provide initial VET in secondary education for young-sters. In addition, these centres will work closely with private companies in their respective sectors to develop hands on and "work-based" learning opportunities for VET students, and will also offer in-house training and Life-Long-Learning services for businesses.

These two CoCs, with the other five centres included in the MEST program serve as pilot pro-jects in the VET sector reform.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation:

10,000,000 EUR

Support to Vocational Education and Training Reform in Kosovo: Establishment of Centres of Competence in Ferizaj and Prizren

KSV/0152009-2016

Learning to become a Pharmacy assistant in Ferizaj

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BILATERAL COOPERATION

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Trenching

tAs part of a global effort to rehabilitate the regional water network of the Mitrovica region this project in particular seeks to increase water supply capacity.

Most of the region’s water supply first passes through Mitrovica, the most populated city in the region. Therefore, the overall efforts to mod-ernise the region’s urban water supply networks starts with the rehabilitation of Mitrovica’s infra-structure.

Moreover, the project concentrates on the improvement of management capabilities and investment capacity (cost recovery), a better

knowledge of the distribution network and indi-cators for good performance follow-up as well as the maintenance of the system.

These interventions are meant to address the needs of a modern market-oriented service pro-vider.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 4,500,000 EUR

Institutional and Technical Support for the Water Supply System, Mitrovica

KSV/0162011-2014

BILATERAL COOPERATION

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Health Sector Support Programme in Kosovo (Phase II)

KSV/017Formulation

In view of Luxembourg’s experience in Kosovo, which was gained through the implementation of two projects “Strengthening of the Regional Hos-pital of Prizren” and more importantly the “Health Support Programme in Kosovo”, the Ministry of Health in Kosovo approached the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFEA) to discuss possibilities for further support in the health sector.

Both parties came to an agreement, which led to a project formulation mandate for LuxDev to write a new project, i.e. phase II of the Health Support Programme in Kosovo. This new venture aims at supporting the implementation of the health sector reform, developing management capaci-ties within the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the healthcare institutions as well as creating new financing mechanisms.

The project will specifically focus on three main areas:

• Strengthening the capacity of the MoH and its relevant institutions with respect to sector-wide strategic management and leadership for implementation of the health sector reform;

• Operationalisation of the integrated Health Information System (HIS) at national level as well as continued implementation of the 2010-2020 HIS Strategy; and

• Improving skills and capacities of the health staff.

This support will be implemented from within the Kosovo MoH and have a direct impact on all health care institutions of the healthcare system and naturally the entire population of Kosovo.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 6,000,000 EUR

BILATERAL COOPERATION

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New pipes for Mitrovica

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The "Institutional and Technical Support for the Water Supply System in Mitrovica Region (Phase II) project is a logical follow-up to the "Insti-tutional and Technical Support for the Water Supply System in Mitrovica" project. It consoli-dates the results achieved through the former phase in the area of technical capacity develop-ment. Moreover the project aims at strengthen-ing the management capacity of the Mitrovica Regional Water Company (MRWC) and ensuring a reliable and sustainable water supply for the population served.

The project’s focus lies in institutional strength-ening and support to guide the MRWC with the objective to upgrade the organisation and its pro-cedures towards a customer-oriented water com-pany.

It will also concentrate on upgrading or replacing the existing assets of the Mitrovica regional water supply system in order to reduce pumping and reduce leakages.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 4,500,000 EUR

Institutional and Technical Support for the Water Supply System in Mitrovica Region (Phase II)

KSV/0182014-2018

MULTILATERAL COOPERATION

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UNOPS: Population and Housing Census

UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO: Improving the Health of Women & Children

2010-2015

2007-2016

The overall objective of this project is to gener-ate a reliable demographic, social and economic profile of Kosovo in line with the International Standards for Census Activities and that can be used as a basis for socio-economic assessments, policy and decision-making. The population cen-

sus took place in 2011 and the results were pub-lished on 21 September 2012. It is now being com-pleted by an agricultural census.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 800,000 EUR

The comprehensive UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO joint programme is an initiative to support Kosovo's government in strengthening the health care sys-tem, improving the quality of mother and child health care services and achieving the UN Millen-nium Development Goals 4 (reduce child mortal-ity) and 5 (improve maternal health). It is aligned with the Ministry of Health's sector strategy, as well as the strategy for maternal, child, adoles-

cent and reproductive health 2011–2015. The main goals are: (i) improving and implementing legislation and legal framework; (ii) improving access to, and quality of reproductive health ser-vices; (iii) improving the monitoring and evalu-ation system; and (iv) developing professional capacity.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 4,834,700 EUR

District Heating Pristina (delegated to EU)

2012-2015

Through a delegated cooperation to the Euro-pean Union, Luxembourg is co-financing the modernisation of the Pristina district heating sys-tem and its linkage to the Obiliq power plant, so that excess heat generated at this coal-fired plant

may in the future serve to heat households in the capital city.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 1,500,000 EUR

SUPPORT TO CIVIL SOCIETY

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Activities of Caritas Luxembourg

2007-2016

In 2007, the Luxembourg's Development Coop-eration mandated Caritas Luxembourg to establish an office in Kosovo and implement projects in the social sectors with the goal to fight poverty and improve the livelihoods of the most vulnerable. Since then several multi-annual strategies were designed and implemented by Caritas.

Strategy in Kosovo 2011-2014: Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable DevelopmentPoverty alleviation through sustainable develop-ment focused on the sectors of health, income generating activities and education. It was devel-oped through a participatory approach involving all main stakeholders and was based on separate needs assessments in each sector as well as on key strategic documents of the Luxembourg's Development Cooperation and of the Kosovar government. It was implemented through a com-munity development approach with a geographic concentration on six municipalities in the South-ern region, namely Ferizaj, Hani i Elezit, Kaçanik, Gnjilane, Vitina and Kllokot. The cross-cutting issues of conflict prevention, gender and envi-ronmental sustainability were integrated in all project activities but were also tackled directly though specific interventions.

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 3,411,893 EUR

Strategy in Kosovo 2014-2016: Drawing on Experience, Tracing the FutureDrawing on experience, tracing the future is the follow-up of the previous strategy, maintaining identical sectors of intervention but reducing the number of municipalities to four in the South (Vitina, Hani i Elezit, Kaçanik and Kllokot) while including the Northern part of Kosovo (Mitro-vica, Leposavić, Zvečan and Zubin Potok).

Contribution from Luxembourg's Development Cooperation: 2,000,000 EUR

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Contacts

Embassy of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in KosovoLéon Delvaux non resident Ambassador

5, rue Notre-Dame L-2240 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURGEmail: pristina.amb@mae.etat.lu Tel: +352 2478 2457Pierre Weber Chargé d'Affaires a.i.

Rr. Metush Krasniqi 14 (Dragodan) 10 000 Pristina KOSOVOEmail: secretariat.pristina@mae.etat.lu Tel: +381 (0) 38 226 787

Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

Jean-Marc Lentz Desk Officer Balkans

6, rue de la Congrégation L-1352 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURGEmail : jean-marc.lentz@mae.etat.lu Tel : (352) 247 82 448http://cooperation.mae.lu/fr

LuxDev Pristina

Pascal Rossignol Regional Representative for Balkans

Regional Office - Pristina Rr. Metush Krasniqi 14 (Dragodan) Pristina - KOSOVOEmail : rossignol@luxdev.lu Tel : (381) 38 226 780 Email : rof.blk@luxdev.lu

LuxDev Headquarters

Dzeneta Ramic Geographical Adviser - Balkans

LuxDev 10, rue de la Grève BP 2273 L - 1022 Luxembourg LUXEMBOURGEmail : dzeneta.ramic@luxdev.lu Tel : (352) 29 58 58 236 Fax : (352) 29 58 58 200

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Luxembourg's Development Cooperation

Edited by LuxDev in August 2014 on behalf of the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs