On the occasion of Monaco National Day, and following the consular meeting organised by the Directorate of Diplomatic and Consular Relations, the Directorate of International Cooperation (DCI) brought together the consuls of its 11 partner countries. This meeting made it possible to take stock of the DCI for the 2015-2017 period and to present to them the 2018-2020 strategy, whose main objective is to help more than one million direct beneficiaries during these 3 years.
Presentation of the strategy of International Cooperation by Gilles Tonelli, Government Counselor-Minister of External Relations and Cooperation, and Bénédicte Schutz, Director of International Cooperation. © Directorate of Communication / Michaël Alesi
Presented jointly by Gilles Tonelli, Government Counselor – Minister of External Relations and Cooperation, and Bénédicte Schutz, Director of International Cooperation, this new strategy includes the following points:
- Significant increase in Official Development Assistance
- Refocus on 11 countries including 7 African LDCs (Least Developed Countries)
- Strengthening direct aid to local actors
- 1 new area of intervention: food security
- Strengthening emergency humanitarian assistance and refugee support
- And above all, an objective of more than 1 million direct beneficiaries (against 800,000 for the period 2015-2017)