1. To maintain its leadership as a generous and predictable development partner, Luxembourg should continue to provide 1% of GNI as ODA, focused on LDCs, and continue to finance climate action and in-donor refugee costs through funds that are additional to current ODA levels.
2. To maintain a high level of public and political support, Luxembourg should continue to raise awareness of development co-operation among all stakeholders.
3. To address any issues of policy incoherence, Luxembourg should:
a. encourage public discussion on policy coherence for sustainable development in key sectors of its economy with civil society, the research community, and the private sector
b. assign clear responsibility for arbitrating and resolving any policy inconsistencies, recognising the roles of existing interministerial bodies
c. continue to consistently enforce regulation that pertain to the disclosure of sustainability-related information from financial services providers and market participants (including investment funds) operating in its jurisdictions
d. lead by example as an investment and financial service provider by integrating high standards of responsible business conduct, as applicable, to the financial sector.
4. Building on its strong and stable multilateral partnerships, Luxembourg should
a. adopt a more concerted whole-of-government approach to multilateral partnerships between different ministries (in particular between MAE and the Ministry of Finance)
b. systematise closer co-operation between embassies and LuxDev on bilateral and multilateral programming in partner countries.
5. Luxembourg should continue to assess how LuxDev is preparing for the future, decide on the degree of diversification of LuxDev's funding base, and work to manage a constantly evolving portfolio of instruments.
6. Luxembourg should invest more in developing national evaluation capacity in partner countries and seek a balance between regular evaluations and more joint learning opportunities between MAE and LuxDev, including through consolidated thematic or regional evaluations where appropriate.
7. Luxembourg should develop a comprehensive, whole-of-government vision for private sector engagement that reflects its evolving ambitions, while maintaining a focus on local private sector development. At the same time, Luxembourg should continue to foster strategic partnerships that help mobilise additional financial and technical resources in key areas of expertise, including (but not limited to) its own domestic private sector.
8. Luxembourg should make strategic use of its Indicative Co-operation Programmes (ICPs) to define its medium and long-term commitment in new and existing partner countries. This should include:
a. considering different financing options – including budget support to strengthen long-term partnerships and build trust – based on risk analysis and in co-ordination with other development partners
b. providing more sustainable technical expertise to partner country governments to build long-term capacity
c. tailoring approaches to private sector involvement that consider the local context and the capacities and needs of partner countries.
9. As it moves into new countries and regions, and to anticipate and better respond to changing contexts, Luxembourg should systematically review its entire portfolio for fragility, not just the most fragile contexts, in order to better anticipate risks, take advantage of opportunities and respond to evolving situations.
10. Luxembourg should ensure that it has mechanisms in place to learn from past and ongoing withdrawals from partner countries, and ensure orderly withdrawals, transparent communication, clear timetables, and pragmatic transition plans, including proactive consideration of how to remain engaged.