Contributions to International Organisations

Multilateral cooperation is one of the most important instruments at the service of the Andorran Government’s cooperation policy. Through this instrument, the Andorran Government makes voluntary contributions to funds and programmes of international organisations of which Andorra forms a part and which share the strategic objectives and priorities of Andorran international development cooperation.

Andorran multilateral cooperation offers support mainly to the agencies, programmes and funds of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the OSCE, the International Organisation of La Francophonie and the Ibero-American General Secretariat. Andorran contributions may be destined to the funds in a general way or to specific projects that comply with the sectorial and geographical priorities of the Development Cooperation Master Plan.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) The world Protection of vulnerable groups, particularly children 2017 25.000 €
The aim of this programme is to apply the Convention on children’s rights, to promote compliance with Sustainable Development Goals and to contribute to creating a world movement in favour of children.
Website http://www.unicef.org/ http://www.unicef.org/

Fund for Cultural Diversity Developing countries Promoting culture 2017 5.000 €
The purpose of this multi-donation international fund is to promote sustainable development cooperation and the reduction of poverty in developing countries. This cooperation is carried out through promoting the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector.
Website https://en.unesco.org/ https://en.unesco.org/

Combating human trafficking along migration routes Member states of the OSCE Protection of vulnerable groups, particularly women and children 2017 5.000 €
The aim of this project is to strengthen the abilities of the various stakeholders to investigate and follow up on human trafficking as well as to identify victims of human trafficking quickly, inside the migratory routes. The expected results are twofold:
1. To strengthen the ability of a selected group of beneficiaries for the initial identification of victims of human trafficking and to carry out proactive investigation aimed at human rights.
2. To develop a new methodology of strengthening the abilities that will provide participating states with a pragmatic framework for putting their knowledge of combating human trafficking into practice and for promoting inter-institutional coordination.
Website http://www.osce.org/projects/cthblivex http://www.osce.org/projects/cthblivex

Council of Europe Action Plan on protecting refugee and migrant children in Europe from 2017-2019 Countries of the Council of Europe Protection of vulnerable groups, particularly children 2017 5.000 €
The massive arrival of people fleeing from war and persecution has created unprecedented migratory flows that affect all European countries. The Council of Europe is committed to developing a key role to help the member states set up strategies that respond to the numerous problems that affect refugee and migrant children, and in particular those who are unaccompanied or are separated from their families. Therefore, this organisation has set up a single action plan called “Protecting Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe”.
This action plan places the emphasis on three fundamental pillars: (1) ensuring access to rights and child-friendly procedures; (2) providing effective protection for children (establishing a guardianship system, ensuring appropriate shelter for children and their families, being able to restore family links and reunification, and to protect them from all forms of violence); and (3) to enhance the integration of children who would remain in Europe, particularly in education and society areas.
Website https://www.coe.int/fr/web/children/-/council-of-europe-action-plan-on-protecting-refugee-and-migrant-children-adopted https://www.coe.int/fr/web/children/-/council-of-europe-action-plan-on-protecting-refugee-and-migrant-children-adopted

Trust Fund for the Victims of the International Criminal Court ― Gender perspective Countries which come under the competence of the ICC Protection of vulnerable groups, particularly wome 2017 10.000 €
The projects financed through this fund are aimed at and respond to the physical, psychological and material needs of victims. It works on activities directly with victims and they are given tools so that they can recover their dignity, quality of life and place within their families and communities.
Website http://www.trustfundforvictims.org/ http://www.trustfundforvictims.org/

Formalising the network of La Francophonie entrepreneurial women Countries of the OIF Protection of vulnerable groups, particularly women 2017 20.000 €
Within the framework of the activities of the Programme to promote employment through the entrepreneurship of women and young women, the OIF has supported the setting up of the network of La Francophonie entrepreneurial women. The official launch of this network was in 2017, and its aim is to guarantee better visibility of Francophone entrepreneurial women and to improve their opportunities for financing, investment and access to the market, whilst constructing solidarity “walkways” between the various stakeholders of the business world.
On March 8, there was a new meeting of entrepreneurial women belonging to this network to progress with its institutionalisation, draw up its articles of association and, among other things, to present the platform of this network through which participants can obtain information and exchange good practices, among others.
Website https://www.francophonie.org/Entrepreneuriat-des-jeunes-et-des-femmes.html https://www.francophonie.org/Entrepreneuriat-des-jeunes-et-des-femmes.html

Trust Fund for the Victims of Chemical Weapons Support Network The world Security and maintaining peace 2017 5.000 €
The aim of this project is to attend victims of chemical weapons and to make the services of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) available to them. It is also intended to form a network of victims to create awareness about the consequences of the use of chemical weapons. The fund will be used to promote attendance to victims by international and national organisations as well as to promote the International Chemical Weapons Convention.
Website https://www.opcw.org/special-sections/victims-of-chemical-weapons-network/ https://www.opcw.org/special-sections/victims-of-chemical-weapons-network/ Some of the participants at the 15th OPCW Conference of the States Parties

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 158 countries Protection of vulnerable groups, specifically children and young people 2016 25,000 €
The aim of this programme is to apply the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to promote compliance with sustainable development objectives and to contribute to creating a world movement in favour of children.
Web http://www.unicef.org/ http://www.unicef.org/

Fons de la diversitat cultural Països en desenvolupament Promoció de la cultura 2016 6.000 €

Aquest fons internacional multidonador té per objectiu promoure la cooperació per al desenvolupament sostenible i la reducció de la pobresa en els països en desenvolupament. Aquesta cooperació es fa mitjançant la promoció de l’emergència d’un sector cultural dinàmic.

Web http://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd http://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd

Combating human trafficking along migration routes Member states of the OSCE Protection of vulnerable groups, women and children 2016 5,000 €
90% of refugees and migrants place themselves in the hands of trafficking networks. This ambitious OSCE project consists of theoretical and practical training that enables society’s response and the justice system towards traffickers to be strengthened. It envisages carrying out three simulations in which participants of all the states affected by human trafficking will face real scenes of labour and sexual exploitation. At the end of the project, a practical guide will be published with information about how to carry out simulations of this kind.
Web http://www.osce.org/projects/cthblivex http://www.osce.org/projects/cthblivex

Support to the Network of the Parliamentary Assembly to stop violence against children Countries of the Council of Europe Children’s rights 2016 2,500 €
The aim is to offer ongoing support to the Network of Contact Parliamentarians to stop sexual violence against children, in particular through the promotion of the Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (the Lanzarote Convention). The activities developed include the organisation of the European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, the meetings of the networks of parliamentarians on this matter, the conference “Protecting children from violence: next steps for effective strategies”, as well as other activities and communication related to this campaign.
Web https://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/1in5/PACE/About_en.asp?expandable=5 https://www.coe.int/t/dg3/children/1in5/PACE/About_en.asp?expandable=5

Trust Fund for the Victims of the International Criminal Court Countries which come under the competence of the IC Protection of vulnerable groups 2016 10,000 €
The projects financed through this fund are aimed at and respond to the physical, psychological and material needs of victims. It works on activities directly with victims and they are given tools so that they can recover their dignity, quality of life and place within their families and communities.
Web http://www.trustfundforvictims.org/ http://www.trustfundforvictims.org/

Workshop to prioritise the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals at a local scale in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2016 20,000 €
The OIF aims to carry out a workshop in Burkina Faso (geographical sector 1 of the 2016 Cooperation Master Plan) to prioritise the sustainable development goals. This project will give rise, over forthcoming years, to new projects that are in line with the 2030 Agenda.
Web https://www.francophonie.org/lancement-Profadel-Burkina-Faso-47153.html https://www.francophonie.org/lancement-Profadel-Burkina-Faso-47153.html

Trust Fund for the Victims of Chemical Weapons Support Network The world Security and maintaining peace 2016 5,000 €
The aim of this project is to attend victims of chemical weapons and to make the services of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) available to them. It is also intended to form a network of victims to create awareness about the consequences of the use of chemical weapons. The fund will be used to promote attendance to victims by international and national organisations as well as to promote the International Chemical Weapons Convention.
Web https://www.opcw.org/special-sections/victims-of-chemical-weapons-network/ https://www.opcw.org/special-sections/victims-of-chemical-weapons-network/

Meeting of the Special Commission on the functioning of The Hague Convention Member states of The Hague Conference Private international law 2016 5,000 €
The Andorran government made a one-off contribution to collaborate with the translation and interpretation expenses of the Special Commission meeting on the practical functioning of the 1993 Hague Convention on international adoption which took place from 8 to 12 June. It also finances the activities envisaged by The Hague Academy.
Web https://www.hcch.net/fr/home https://www.hcch.net/fr/home

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 158 countries Protection of vulnerable groups, specifically children and young people. 2013, 2014 and 2015 €25,000, €25,000 and €25,000, respectively.

The aim of this programme is to apply the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to promote compliance with the Millennium Development Goals and to contribute to create a world movement in favour of children.

null null null

Youth Forum Dominican Republic and Central African Republic. Protection of vulnerable groups, specifically young people. 2013 and 2015 €2,099.07 and €2,500, respectively.
Cover the travel expenses and accommodation of a young person from the Dominican Republic in 2013 and a young person from the Central African Republic in 2015 at the UNESCO Youth Forum.
null null null

Community Security in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Protection of vulnerable groups, specifically ethnic minorities. 2013 €7,350
The main objective is to support Kyrgyzstan police in addressing some specific security situations and to contribute to the professionalism of the Kyrgyzstan police in providing human security for all members and communities of the Kyrgyzstan population, irrespective of ethnicity. The two main activities were training police agents; and to draw up a programme of national police reform to guarantee that it is a multi-ethnic force.
null null null

General framework of competences descriptors for a democratic culture and an intercultural dialogue Countries of the Council of Europe. Education for development 2013 €30,000

The aim of this object is to draw up a framework for the competences for a democratic culture and an intercultural dialogue, including descriptors and a user’s manual, for formal, non-formal and informal education. This framework finishes in 2015 and will be published in 2016 for the voluntary use of education systems of the member states.

null null null

Trust Fund for the Victims of the International Criminal Court Countries which come under the competence of the ICC. Protection of vulnerable groups. 2013, 2014 and 2015 €10,000, €10,000 and €10,000, respectively.

The projects financed through this fund are aimed at and respond to the physical, psychological and material needs of victims. It works on activities directly with victims and they are given tools so that they can recover their dignity, quality of life and place within their families and communities.

Workshop of the Water Initiative of La Francophonie 2014 French-speaking countries in Western Africa Water and sanitation 2013 €25,000
Since its creation in 2010, the Water Initiative of La Francophonie has had excellent results. By means of an integrated approach and great work at a local level, and also thanks to the involvement of the beneficiaries in the projects, the OIF has managed to ensure that the projects developed are sustainable over time and that many of them become autonomous. The objective of this workshop is to make a synthesis of the good practices acquired in matters of the integrated management of water resources in the rural area and of local governance and to reinforce the knowledge and the competences of the French-speaking stakeholders in water and sanitation based on the programmes of the Water Initiative of La Francophonie and of Profadel-OIF.
null null null

Trust Fund for the Destruction of Chemical Weapons in Syria Syria Security and maintaining peace. 2013 €15,000
On 27 September 2013, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) adopted decision EC-M-33/DEC.1 on the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. This important decision, along with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2118, gives the OPCW the authority to enter Syria to dismantle the arsenal and to destroy installations that produce, store and research into chemical weapons. This decision will enable the destruction of one of the most important undeclared chemical weapon programmes in the world. To this end, the OPCW has created a trust fund for the Destruction of Chemical Weapons in Syria to which numerous states have contributed.

Meeting of the Special Commission on the functioning of The Hague Convention Member states of The Hague Conference Private international law 2015 €2,500
The Andorran government made a one-off contribution to collaborate with the translation and interpretation expenses of the Special Commission meeting on the practical functioning of the 1993 Hague Convention on international adoption which took place from 8 to 12 June.