4
UN Millennium Development Goals
1.
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger .
2.
Achieve univ
ersal primary education.
3.
Promote gender equality and empower
women.
4.
Reduce child mortality.
5.
Improve maternal health.
6.
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases.
7.
Ensure environmental sustainability.
8.
Develop a global partnership for
development.
1.
The foundations of Iceland’s international development
cooperation
The overarching objective of Iceland’s international development
cooperation
is
contributing to the fight against p
overty and working towards improved living
conditions in Least Developed Countries. Iceland’s active participation in
development cooperation
,
furthermore
,
represents an acknowledgement of its political
and
ethical
responsibilities
as a responsible member
of the international community.
Decisions on
Official Development Assistance carr
y
significant
responsibility
towards
recipients and
Icelandic taxpayers. Adhering to a professional, and
systematic, approach i
s necessary
for
optimum outcomes and ensuring t
hat
development cooperation renders sustainable results. Furthermore, it is important that
the allocation of ODA
compli
es
with
strict requirements of transparency
,
efficiency
and integrity.
Iceland’s Strategy for International Development Cooperation 2011
-
2014 was
prepared on the basis of Act no. 121/2008 on Iceland’s International Development
Cooperation
, which entered into force on October 1, 2008; Article 3 of the Act reads
as follows