OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

The cri­sis in the Gaza Strip has led to the tem­po­rary ces­sa­tion of devel­op­ment project activ­i­ties in this part of the OPT, but has also result­ed in an increase in human­i­tar­i­an con­tri­bu­tions from Lux­em­bourg. Lux­em­bourg allo­cat­ed a total of EUR 14.8 mil­lion to the OPT in 2023 (includ­ing all types of aid). This amount is the high­est con­tri­bu­tion from Lux­em­bourg for the OPT since 2011.

In terms of part­ner­ships, Lux­em­bourg has con­tin­ued its sup­port for civ­il soci­ety actors through mul­ti­an­nu­al part­ner­ship agree­ments with the Pales­tin­ian Agri­cul­tur­al Devel­op­ment Asso­ci­a­tion (PARC), an NGO work­ing to strength­en sus­tain­able liveli­hoods and eco­nom­ic inclu­sion in rur­al com­mu­ni­ties, the NGO Pales­tin­ian Med­ical Relief Soci­ety (PMRS), an organ­i­sa­tion active in the sec­tor of women’s repro­duc­tive health, the NGO Teacher Cre­ativ­i­ty Cen­ter (TCC), which works in the area of train­ing in psy­choso­cial sup­port for teach­ers in Pales­tin­ian schools, as well as with the NGO Coali­tion for Account­abil­i­ty and Integri­ty (AMAN), work­ing in the area of trans­paren­cy and inclu­sive governance.

In 2023, Lux­em­bourg added new sup­port to the Alliance for Finan­cial Inclu­sion (AFI) project in inclu­sive and dig­i­tal finance, whose local part­ner is the Pales­tin­ian Mon­e­tary Author­i­ty. The project cov­ers a two-year peri­od (2023 – 2025).