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Countries
Local office Addis Abeba
Priority country since: 1992
Focus: Poverty reduction
Did you know, that... coffee has its origin in Ethiopia?
More about... Ethiopia
Local office Kampala
Priority country since: 1992
Focus: Water supply, justice, law and order
Did you know, that... nearby the capital Kampala lies the headwater of the White Nile?
More about... Uganda
Local office Ouagadougou
Priority Country since: 1992
Focus: Vocational education, handicraft & small-scale business promotion, rural development
Did you know, that... the country's name means "land of the upright / honest people"?
More about...Burkina Faso
Local office Pristina
Priority country since: 2008
Focus: Agriculture, economy, governance
Did you know, that... the Euro is the official currency used in Kosovo ?
More about... Kosovo
Local office Tirana
Priority Country since: 1992
Focus: Vocational education, water supply, governance, social inclusion
Did you know, that... Mother Teresa was of Albanian descent?
More about...Albania
Local office Chisinau
Priority Country since: 2004
Focus: Water, wastewater disposal, economy, vocational education, governance, environment and climate change, peacebuilding
Did you know, that... Moldova is one of the ten biggest viticulture countries?
More about... Moldova
Local office Tiflis
Priority country since: 2011
Focus: Agriculture and forestry, spatial planning, governance
Did you know, that... 23 languages are spoken within Georgia?
More about... Georgia
Local office Thimphu
Priority Country since: 1992Focus: Energy supply and governance
Did you know, that... the name "Bhutan" means "Land of Dragons"?
More about... Bhutan
Local office Ramallah
Priority country since: 1994
Focus: Advance of the Middle East peace process, building state institutions, water supply
Did you know, that... the average age in the Palestinian Territories is about 22.5?
More about... Palestine
Local office Yerewan
Priority Country since: 2011
Focus: Agriculture, Governance
Did you know, that... in 301 Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as state religion?
More about...Armenia
Local office Maputo
Priority Country since: 1992
Focus: Sustainable agriculture, water supply & sanitation. NEXUS "Water - Energy - Food security".
Did you know, that... Portuguese is the official language?
More about... Mozambique
The Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation, concentrates its activities on key regions in Africa, Asia, Southeast Europe and the South Caucasus. This is in line with the international trend to place greater emphasis on comprehensive programme objectives and to reduce isolated interventions. ADA's local offices make sure that cooperation is based on equal partnership, while also guaranteeing effective monitoring and control. The projects and programmes are tailored to local conditions and agreed with local partners.
According to interests and expertise, the Austrian Development Cooperation draws on three categories of countries, which are dealt with in different ways. Depending on the category, individual approaches and instruments are applied in cooperation with partner organisations - in particular with the EU - and the priority countries:
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Fighting poverty, particularly in Africa
Southeast Europe/South Caucasus: Sustainable economic development
Crisis regions and fragile states: peace and security, stability and reconstruction, building structures
Globally: Coordinated by ADA's HQ in Vienna
In addition to working with the governments of the priority countries, ADA also promotes initiatives of civil society organisations and businesses in those and other developing countries.