THE MINISTER’S MEETINGS AND TRIPS IN 2020

9.1 Foreign Affairs Committee: Luxembourg’s participation in MINUSMA
14.1 Information evening for NGDOs on the Charter against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse

3.2 Signing ceremony for framework agreements with 5 NGDOs
5.2 Transfer of responsibilities from Minister Paulette Lenert to Minister Franz Fayot
14-19.2 Joint visit by Ministers Franz Fayot, Carole Dieschbourg and Claude Turmes to Cabo Verde
28.2 Launch of the 2020 edition of the Business Partnership Facility (BPF)

6.3 Award of the CATAPULT prize: Inclusion Africa Bootcamp
12.3 End-of-mission discussion with the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda, H. E. Amandin Rugira

8.6 Informal meeting DAC-Development (video-conference)
17.6 Discussion with the Initiative for a duty of vigilance
17.6 Virtual discussion with Susanna Moorehead, Chair of the DAC
17.6 Virtual discussion with Philippe Lazzarini, new Commissioner-General of UNRWA
18.6 Virtual discussion with Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO
24.6 Discussion with the NGO Caritas
24.6 Virtual discussion with Pradeep Kakkattil, Director of the UNAIDS Programme Partnerships and Fundraising Department
24.6 Discussion with the Red Cross NGO
25.6 Participation in the virtual side event ‘No Lost Generation’
30.6 Chamber of Deputies – joint meeting between the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Health Committee

8.7 20th Partnership Committee meeting between Cabo Verde and Luxembourg (video-conference)
17.7 Visit by Teresa Ribeiro, Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
20.7 12th Partnership Committee meeting between Burkina Faso and Luxembourg (video-conference)
22.7 Discussion with the NGO Handicap International
29.7 Discussion with the Luxembourg NGDOs’ Cercle de Coopération (Cercle)

27.8 Discussion with Runa Khan, Executive Director of the NGO Friendship Bangladesh

21.9 Participation in the side event ‘Theirworld’ at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (video-conference)
23.9 Participation in the UNCDF SDG 500 side event at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (video-conference)
28.9 Political dialogue between the Republic of Niger and Luxembourg (video-conference)
29.9 Informal meeting DAC - Development (video-conference)
30.9 Virtual discussion with Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education

2.10 Discussion with the Luxembourg NGDOs’ Cercle
2.10 Visit to the Maison de la Microfinance, Finance Inclusive: launch of the Smallholder Safety Net Up-Scaling Programme (SSNUP)
3.10 Participation in the Shoe Pyramid Day organised by Handicap International Luxembourg
5.10 Launch of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion’s (AFI) Europe Representative Office
7.10 Joint meeting together with Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister, with the NGOs Caritas, Luxembourg Red Cross, Action pour un Monde Uni, Terre des Hommes and SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde
12.10 Discussion with the NGO Caritas
15.10 Official close of the LuxFLAG Sustainable Investment Week 2020 (video-conference)
19.10 End-of-mission discussion with Nepal’s Ambassador for Benelux, H. E. Lok Bahadur Thapa
20.10 Participation in the EU-Africa Hackathon: ‘Hack COVID-19’ in cooperation with the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (video-conference)
20.10 Statement on development cooperation policy to the Chamber of Deputies
30.10 Launch of the LuxWays project with uni.lu’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
30.10 Discussion with Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian obstetrician

10.11 52nd High Level Meeting of the OECD’s DAC: Building back Better & Greener (video-conference)
19.11 Virtual European Microfinance Award ceremony
19.11 Virtual discussion with Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation responsible for the major cities of Belgium
23.11 Informal meeting DAC - Development (video-conference)
25.11 Discussion with Dr Vic Arendt and signing of the new 2021-2023 Technical Assistance Agreement
27.11 Virtual discussion with Wendy Morton, the United Kingdom’s Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas

2.12 Virtual discussion with Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS
8.12 Participation in ‘Humanitarian Week’ in New York - Conference to announce pledges for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF/OCHA) (video-conference)
11.12 Virtual discussion with Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC
18.12 2020 diplomatic conference (video-conference)
18.12 Signing ceremony for the extension of the emergency.lu contract with HITEC Luxembourg, SES TechCom and Luxembourg Air Ambulance
18.12 14th Partnership Committee meeting between Senegal and Luxembourg