Myanmar

In terms of devel­op­ment coop­er­a­tion, in 2019 Lux­em­bourg con­tin­ued to sup­port the imple­men­ta­tion of two bilat­er­al projects in Myan­mar, includ­ing one con­cern­ing human resources devel­op­ment in the hos­pi­tal­i­ty and tourism sec­tor and the oth­er in rur­al devel­op­ment in East­ern Shan State, where sev­er­al eth­nic minori­ties live. In order to strength­en respect for the rule of law and human rights, and in par­tic­u­lar the rights of minori­ties, Lux­em­bourg has con­tin­ued its sup­port for a sec­ond phase of the ​‘My Con­sti­tu­tion’ project, imple­ment­ed by the IDEA foun­da­tion (Insti­tute for Democ­ra­cy and Elec­toral Assis­tance). This project aims to sup­port con­sti­tu­tion­al reform and capac­i­ty-build­ing for par­lia­ment and oth­er stake­hold­ers involved in this process. Lux­em­bourg is also involved in mul­ti­lat­er­al finan­cial assis­tance, and is cur­rent­ly con­tribut­ing, togeth­er with oth­er donors, to a trust fund admin­is­tered by the Unit­ed Nations Office for Project Ser­vices (UNOPS), relat­ing to food secu­ri­ty and liveli­hoods (Liveli­hood and Food Secu­ri­ty mul­ti-donor Trust Fund — LIFT).

Final­ly, in 2019, four Lux­em­bour­gish NGDOs were work­ing in Myan­mar, fund­ed by the MFA. Thus, CARE-Lux­em­bourg has imple­ment­ed activ­i­ties in sec­tors linked to basic nutri­tion, health edu­ca­tion and rur­al devel­op­ment. The ADA asso­ci­a­tion has con­tin­ued its work in part­ner­ship with the Myan­mar Micro­fi­nance Asso­ci­a­tion (MMFA). Through this sup­port, the new­ly-estab­lished asso­ci­a­tion has been able to embed itself with­in the inclu­sive finance sec­tor of Myan­mar. It has made sig­nif­i­cant progress in terms of rep­re­sen­ta­tion and advo­ca­cy vis-a-vis the reg­u­la­tor. With its sup­port to IDEA Inter­na­tion­al, Lux­em­bourg is pro­vid­ing tech­ni­cal assis­tance to the nation­al debate on con­sti­tu­tion­al change.