Occupied Palestinian Territories

In 2019, Luxembourg continued to support the multiannual partnership agreements concluded in 2017 with, respectively, the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee (PARC) in the agriculture and sustainable development sector, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) in the sector of reproductive health for women and the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity (AMAN) in the transparency and inclusive governance sector. In addition, a new agreement with the Teacher Creativity Center (TCC) NGO was signed, covering a three-year period (2019-2022). The TCC NGO operates in the training sector, providing psycho-social support to teachers in Palestinian schools.

In terms of support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Luxembourg signed a new multiannual agreement with a budget of EUR 4,000,000 per year for four years in 2019. This support is in addition to the agreement concluded by Luxembourg and the UNRWA in 2018 for the financing of the Health in Gaza project (2018-2020) with a budget of EUR 1,000,000 per year, bringing the total annual contribution to the agency to EUR 5,000,000.

Luxembourg has also allocated a contribution of EUR 1,150,000 to the project to construct a desalination plant in Gaza. Financial support for this project is channelled via the Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Through humanitarian aid, Luxembourg supports the operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the West Bank Consortium project (co-financed with DG ECHO, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden). This strategic partnership aims to prevent the forcible transfer of vulnerable Palestinians to the West Bank and East Jerusalem through a humanitarian response based on protection.