Mission Statement - Lux-Development

Our mission in Luxembourg, the partner countries and on the international stage

Our mission is applicable both in Luxembourg and in the Luxembourg development cooperation partner countries.

In Luxembourg: a reliable partner for the Luxembourg state

In Luxembourg, our mission is to enable the Luxembourg state to implement its proactive and ambitious development cooperation policy, which aims to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development, including the social, economic and environmental aspects of development. As a government agency, Lux-Development aims to be the bilateral channel by which the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg expresses its international solidarity that forms the basis for its external affairs.. Lux-Development also constitutes a centre of competence available to the Luxembourg state, and particularly the ministry responsible for development cooperation, to help it accomplish its task of setting out political and strategic guidelines, as well as negotiating the Indicative Cooperation Programmes. Lux-Development supplies the ministry responsible for development cooperation with the data required for the better provision of information and improved answerability to the parliament and to the public.

In the partner countries: capacity-building

In the field, Lux-Development seeks to maximise ownership of development by the partner countries - in other words, their capacity to have genuine control over their development policies and strategies by coordinating the development support provided to them by technical and financial partners. Lux-Development thus seeks, in each of its interventions, whatever form they may take, to develop the capacities of those with whom the Agency is cooperating.

Lux-Development sets out to be a reliable partner and wants to be fully conversant with and adopt various cooperation approaches and procedures that are consistent with the principles of international agreements. The Agency applies them in line with the mandates given to it by the Luxembourg state.

Lux-Development seeks to back up its partners, without taking their places, in making the changes they wish to in complex situations. In order to do this, the Agency develops its skills in the priority sectors and cross-cutting issues of Luxembourg development cooperation as well as in development cooperation approaches and procedures. In addition, the Agency equips itself with analytical and conception skills which enable it to base its decisions and risk-taking on solid foundations and to position its interventions properly.

Lux-Development considers itself to be mutually responsible, together with its operational partners, for the results obtained. The Agency seeks to develop its management approach so that it is based on results rather than on methods.

On the international stage: an actor recognised by its peers

Internationally, Lux-Development participates in the studies carried out by its peers and is actively involved in international networks, particularly European ones, where its expertise is useful. The Agency makes good use of opportunities for operational collaboration, especially within the framework of the European Union Code of Conduct on Complementarity and the Division of Labour in Development Policy.