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CATAPULT is a series of Fintech development programs produced in-house by the LHoFT Foundation, Luxembourg's dedicated Fintech hub to drive technology innovation in Luxembourg, connecting the domestic and international Fintech community.

Universities in Burkina Faso and Senegal will soon boost newly minted cybersecurity study programmes thanks to a project initiated by the University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and supported by the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

Luxembourg/Kuala Lumpur (5 October 2020) – The Alliance of Financial Inclusion (AFI) has launched its Europe Representative Office (ERO) in the City of Luxembourg, the first office in Europe for the world's leading organization on financial inclusion policy and regulation.

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is now a member of the International Aid Transparency Initiative. By joining, the government has committed to sharing public data on Luxembourg's foreign aid spending according to rigorous global transparency standards.

In the light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Government of Luxembourg will make the access to the SATMED platform available free of charge for healthcare professionals’ community of selected health organisations to fight the pandemic.

In January 2020, Luxembourg's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs has launched its Instagram account, one of the first accounts of the Luxembourg government on this social network.

On 18 December 2019, Paulette Lenert, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, visited the United Nations Technology Innovation Lab (UNTIL) in Espoo, Finland.

In the margins of the New Space Europe Conference on 13 November 2019, Paulette Lenert, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs and Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed a funding agreement to support UNOOSA's new "Space Law for New Space Actors" project.

In addition to the annual contributions to the World Food Programme (WFP) within the framework of its strategic partnership agreement, Luxembourg has decided to enter a new partnership with the World Food Programme’s Innovation Accelerator, based in Munich.

Request for aid worker status or equivalent Applications for aid worker status or equivalent must be submitted to the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs via the competent NGO before the start date of the requested accreditation. The applications...

Request for development cooperation leave The aim of development cooperation leave is to enable members of approved non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to participate in development programs and projects in order to assist people in developing countries, both for missions in

Programme support involves operations to do with the deployment of human resources working for development cooperation. It comprises the following elements: Development cooperation leave; Development cooperation officers, aid workers / those with aid worker status, aid workers with religious affiliations; Junior

Luxembourg NGOs will find here two separate forms related to the sending of volunteers respectively professionals in the field. Request for development cooperation leave Request for aid worker status equivalent  

Luxembourg is one of the most committed countries in the field of development cooperation. In 2009, official development assistance reached 1.04% of the country's gross national income, placing it 3rd in the rankings of the world's most...

This heading contains audio-visual accounts by individuals actively engaged in the field.  Christophe Legrand - JPO at UNCDF   Helène Bohyn - JED at the office of the EU representative in East Jerusalem   Sven Schiltz - Enda   Lucie Wirion - JPO at UNCDF