Senegal

Minister Amadou Hott, provided an opportunity to take stock of the implementation of the ICP IV and to exchange views on the future of bilateral cooperation relations.

In the health sector, Luxembourg’s assistance has enabled the Ministry of Health and Social Action to take significant steps in acquiring equipment to create an emergencies training centre using simulation at the national emergency medical assistance service, the upgrading of pre-hospital and hospital emergency services and the establishment of high blood pressure and diabetes treatment centres in the focus area.

In relation to vocational training and labour market integration, Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation supported the vocational training centres (VTCs) to develop and finance 27 investment projects to enable new training strands to be opened and existing training strands to be strengthened. The VTCs also signed 21 training and labour market integration projects for the implementation of short training courses leading to qualifications, targeted at businesses’ immediate needs. In addition, seven mobile training units were acquired through support from Luxembourg for the industrial and agri-food sectors, as well as two ‘ICT’ buses (equipped with information and communication technologies), designed to train young people in remote areas. Finally, the programme helped to boost vocational integration and employability in partnership with the NGOs GRET and Eclosio, as well as the Luxembourgish association ADA, to provide financial support for young future entrepreneurs.

Multilaterally, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) continued its activities to strengthen the health and social protection system with a view to improving access to high-quality healthcare, despite the health crisis. Among other achievements, it is worth noting that more than 90,000 women benefited from family planning services.

The year 2020 also saw the launch of the International Labour Office (ILO) programme designed to equip the vocational and technical training system with appropriate human resources, strengthen the training of trainers in entrepreneurship and methodological monitoring.

Nine Luxembourgish NGOs (ECPAT, Frères des Hommes, Guiden a Scouten fir eng Welt, Handicap International Luxembourg, PADEM, Pharmaciens sans Frontières, SANA, SOS Sahel International Luxembourg and SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde) have continued in 2020, despite the health situation, to implement development projects in Senegal in the areas of basic social services, health and sanitation, basic nutrition, education and vocational training, agricultural development and reforestation, the elimination of violence against women and girls and democratic participation.