In line with the international trend towards regional programmes and away from isolated commitments, Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) concentrates on seven key regions in Africa, Asia, Central America and South Eastern Europe. Sixteen 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: Nicaragua
• West Africa/Sahel: Cape Verde, Burkina Faso
• East Africa: Ethiopia, Uganda
• Southern Africa: Mozambique
• The Himalayas/Hindukush: Bhutan
• Other key regions: Palestinian Territories

ADC key regions and priority countries in the East

• South-Eastern Europe/Western Balkan: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo
• South Caucasus
  

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

• NRO cooperation
• Private sector partnerships