In line with the international trend towards regional programmes and away from isolated commitments, Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) concentrates on six key regions in Africa, Asia, Central America, South Eastern and Eastern Europe. 11 local offices ensure that our operations are based on collaborative partnership, so that development cooperation is geared to local conditions and organised to maximum effect.

ADC key regions and priority countries:

ADC key regions and priority countries in the South

• Central America and Caribbean: Nicaragua
• West Africa: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde
• Ethiopia, Uganda
• Southern Africa: Mozambique
• Himalayas-Hindukush: Bhutan
• Palestinian Territories

ADC key regions and priority countries in the East

• South-Eastern Europe/Danube Region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
• Eastern Europe/Black Sea region: Moldova; South Caucasus: Armenia, Georgia

Beyond that there are special financing instruments which also work in other countries:

• NRO cooperation
• Business Partnership