GENEVA – The government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, represented by its ministry in charge of development cooperation, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a long-term general framework agreement to promote the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and finance ILO projects and programmes in different countries.
Under the agreement, Luxembourg will support specific thematic areas of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda by contributing each year at least the same amount it provided in 2008: USD 1.46 million (900,000 euros). Both parties will jointly identify the thematic areas.
Luxembourg has also agreed to consider financing ILO projects and programmes at the national level, especially in countries that enjoy partner status with the Luxembourg development cooperation.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a long-time partner of the ILO in the field of technical cooperation, contributing more than USD 11 million since 2002 in projects such as high intensive labour employment in Africa, small and medium enterprise promotion, also in Africa, and social security in Asia.