Austrian Government Adopts new Development Programme

Politics ♦ Published: December 19, 2012; 16:24 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Ministerial Council today adopted the three-year programme of Austrian development cooperation for the period 2013 - 2015. "

Austrian Government Adopts new Development Programme / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Deutsche Bundespost [Public Domain]

"With this programme, we are presenting an all-encompassing strategy of the Federal Government for our commitment to development policy. I am pleased about this outcome of our work", Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said. "We have put Austria's contribution to international development on a sound footing."

"Development policy involves the entire…