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Financial Reporting Framework: Reporting on baseline and progress towards 2015

published: 25 Jul 2017

Identification of respondent

Country Luxembourg

Please indicate on whose behalf this information is being completed National Focal Point

Contact details of the respondent

Name

Schauls

Title

Attaché

Organization

Ministère du développement durable et des infrastructures

Department

environnement

Emails

eric.schauls@mev.etat.lu

Date of completion and submission of completed framework

2016-02-02

1. International financial resource flows

1.1 Please indicate the amount of resources provided by your country in support of biodiversity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries and small island developing States, as well as countries with economies in transition.

Please indicate, as appropriate, the nominal amount of financial resources provided by source as well as the total amount. Please also indicate your degree of confidence in the estimated amount or, alternatively, provide a range of estimates.

1.1.1 Baseline information

Currency: Euro Member Countries (EUR)

All values are : in units

Year	ODA	OOF	Other flows	Total
2010	2,523,316			2,523,316
Average (baseline)	2,523,316	0	0	2,523,316

Methodological information:

ODA includes:

Bilateral

ODA/OOF includes: Disbursements

ODA/OOF includes:

Directly related
Indirectly related

As applicable, methodology used to identify official resource flows:

OECD DAC Rio markers

Average confidence levels

ODA: Low

Other methodological observations/comments, including sources of data:

official statistics as submitted to OECD DAC

1.1.2 Monitoring progress in mobilizing international financial flows For the purposes of monitoring progress, please provide data for years after 2010

Year	ODA	Total
2011	3,927,493	3,927,493
2012	9,576,119	9,576,119
2013	8,959,557	8,959,557
2014	11,839,268	11,839,268
2015	8,715,399	8,715,399

Methodological information:

Average confidence levels

ODA: Medium

2. Inclusion of biodiversity in priorities and plans

Has your country included biodiversity in national priorities or development plans?

Comprehensive inclusion

Please provide additional information below:

- National Governmental Plan (including biodiversity related matters under Chapter “Developpement Durable” pp.70) https://www.gouvernement.lu/3322796/Programme-gouvernemental.pdf - The national development strategy is currently finalised (“Plans directeurs sectoriels”). The strategy in general (and a specific Plan “Paysage”) aims at steering the development on a national level by preventing habitat fragmentation and by offering a long term vision for the sustainable development of infrastructure and natural sites: http://www.dat.public.lu/plans_caractere_reglementaire/plans_sectoriels/index.html.

3. Assessment and/or evaluation of values

Has your country assessed and/or evaluated the intrinsic, ecological, genetic, socioeconomic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its components?

Some assessments undertaken

Please provide additional information below:

An evaluation study of the ecosystem services in Luxembourg has started in 2014 and is currently finalised, including 13 sevices including provision of food, water and biotic energy; pollution control , erosion prevention, Regulation of floods and Water flows, Pollination, Life cycle Maintenance, Pedogenesis and maintenance of soil quality, climate regulation and recreational opportunities. The study will help to raise awareness about the importance of certain habitats and will also allow to raise leverage of nature when it comes to development projects.

4.Reporting current domestic biodiversity expenditures

4.1 Please indicate the annual financial support provided to domestic biodiversity-related activities in your country.

Currency: Euro Member Countries (EUR)

All values are: in millions

Year	Domestic expenditures	Overall confidence
2012	29	Low
2013	30	Low
2014	31	Low
2015	32	Low
Average	31	Low

4.2 Information on sources and categories

Numbers above cover	Expenditures directly related to biodiversity	Expenditures indirectly related to biodiversity
Government budgets – central	Yes	Yes
Government budgets – state/provincial
Government budgets – local/municipal	Yes
Extra-budgetary
Private/market
Other (NGO, foundations, academia)	Yes	Yes
Collective action of indigenous and local communities

4.3. Role of collective action and non-market approaches

4.3.1 Has your country assessed the role of collective action, including by indigenous and local communities, and non-market approaches for mobilizing resources for achieving the objectives of the Convention?

Not yet started

Year	Contribution	Overall confidence
Average	0	No value selected

Methodological information:

As applicable, methodology used to assess the role of collective action and non-market approaches

Conceptual and Methodological Framework for Evaluating the Contribution of Collective Action to Biodiversity Conservation
Other

5. Reporting funding needs, gaps, and priorities

Please indicate your annual estimated funding need (for instance, based on your revised NBSAP) and calculate the estimated funding gap by subtracting estimated available resources. Indicate actions for priority funding.

Please start with the year which is most appropriate for your own planning purposes.

Currency: Euro Member Countries (EUR)

All values are : in millions

6. National finance plans

Please provide a brief synthesis of your finance plan, by indicating, in the table below, your planned resource mobilization, by source, and their respective planned contributions towards your identified finance gap.

Currency: Euro Member Countries (EUR)

All values are in: in millions


Expected funding gap
Domestic sources (total)
International sources (total)
Remaining gap

7. Has your country taken measures to encourage the private sector as well as non-governmental organizations, foundations and academia to provide domestic support for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020?

Some measures taken

Please provide additional information below:

- Action through the LEADER (Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l'Economie Rurale) Programme to give incentives for sustainable regional development(see page 21 of 5th National Report). - Work and actions of the Natural Parks and an nature syndicates to involve the private sector.

8. Availability of financial resources for achieving targets

Did your country have adequate financial resources:

(1) to report domestic biodiversity expenditures?

Yes

(2) to report funding needs, gaps and priorities?

Yes

(3) to prepare national finance plans for biodiversity?

Yes

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Financial Reporting Framework: Reporting on baseline and progress towards 2015

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