Partnerships

Strong and inclusive partnerships are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – whether globally, regionally, nationally, or locally. As part of its Vision 2030, LuxDev brings together and fosters collaborations with a wide range of partners to amplify the impact of its work and promote effective, sustainable development.

The private sector is a powerful driver of innovation and plays a central role in creating positive change and fast-tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Through strategic partnerships with private companies, we support bold, high-impact projects that directly benefit local communities.

We have set up three funding mechanisms to engage the private sector – offering co-financing opportunities to businesses, whether they are seasoned start-ups or more established companies ready to scale up. These tools help accelerate the reach of innovative business-led solutions to social and environmental challenges in our partner countries. In this way, companies become true collaborators in driving development impact.

More broadly, we take a systems-based approach – especially through market systems development – that encourages businesses and other players to make markets more inclusive for vulnerable populations. This method puts sustainability and scalability at the heart of what we do.

We also partner with academia, recognising the role that research can play in strengthening development cooperation. Public research tailored to development contexts generates new insights that can feed directly into our bilateral work.

As interest in development cooperation grows within Luxembourg’s research community, we have teamed up with key institutions like the National Research Fund (FNR) and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) to create high-value collaborative initiatives.

LuxDev works with NGOs in a range of ways depending on their expertise, added value, and local presence.

In line with its Vision 2030, LuxDev has strengthened ties across Luxembourg’s innovation and development ecosystem in recent years. This includes partnerships with:

• ADA – Appui au développement autonome, an NGO for inclusive finance;
• Luxinnovation, the national innovation agency;
• the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity for digital and cybersecurity expertise;
• the Luxembourg School of Hospitality and Tourism;
• Luxembourg Green Exchange for sustainable finance.

These partnerships enable the rollout of strategic collaborations that support the implementation of our programmes.

LuxDev is an active member of the Practitioners’ Network, which aims to boost collaboration and coordination among European development actors with public service missions. This network promotes knowledge-sharing, facilitates policy feedback at the European Union level, and strengthens member visibility.

We also participate in several thematic networks aligned with Luxembourg’s development priorities, including gender equality, the environment, inclusive finance, and digital for development. Peer-to-peer exchange in these spaces helps us grow our expertise, build capacity, and identify new partnership opportunities.

Additionally, we form targeted partnerships with other donors, international organisations, and development agencies whenever these collaborations add value to our bilateral efforts. This includes topic-specific partnerships, joint contributions to multi-donor programmes, or delegated cooperation – where LuxDev may act as either lead or implementing partner.

Through these strategic alliances, LuxDev maximises its impact and expands its reach in support of sustainable development.