Luxembourg plans to provide Cape Verde with 13 million euros in 2008, as part of the indicative Cooperation Program for 2006-2010, estimated at 45 million euros, according to a statement signed Tuesday in Praia.

The statement was signed at the end of the 9th Session of the Partnership Commission between the two countries, which summarized and projected new cooperation activities between the two countries.

The priority sectors for cooperation between Luxembourg and Cape Verde are education/training of human resources, health, water and sanitation, and projects are focused on the islands of Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Santiago and Sao Nicolau.

As well as these priority sectors, cooperation with Luxembourg covers other areas such as multilateral cooperation in partnership with the United Nations (UN) and decentralized cooperation, via the Micro-projects Fund, and cooperation with non-governmental organizations (NGO).

Luxembourg has already funded, amongst other projects in Cape Verde, on Santiago island, the Technical School, Regional Hospital in Santa Catarina and the High School and Health Center on S. Miguel.

The next session of the Partnership Commission, which aims to carry out an overall assessment of cooperation between the two countries, outline guidelines and decide on the areas of intervention, will take place in Luxembourg at the end of 2008.

Cape Verde and Luxembourg have a privileged cooperation relationship. Within this framework, during the last Partnership Commission, held in October 2005 in Luxembourg, the 2nd Indicative Cooperation Program for 2006-2010 was signed.

Source: Macauhub