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Starting today and running until 1 March 2023, the call for applications for the Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator (HIA) will be open to national and international proposals to promote innovative solutions in support of the global humanitarian sector.

On behalf of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, Minister Jean Asselborn chaired the 12th ministerial political dialogue meeting of the Cabo Verde - European Union special partnership, established 15 years ago, in Praia on 31 January 2023.

In January 2023, the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region, in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), launches a survey on the needs of people with disabilities in Luxembourg.

Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot visited the premises of Artec 3D in Senningerberg on 31 January 2023 to inaugurate the company's new optoelectronic production site where its award-winning 3D scanners, which have contributed to its worldwide reputation, will be assembled and manufactured.

On the eve of the entry into force of the new precepts of administrative supervision over municipalities and related entities, the Minister of Home Affairs and the President of the Syvicol highlighted, during a press conference, the key elements that will institute, for the benefit of the municipalities and the Ministry of Home Affairs, a more modern, transparent and digital administrative process

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, travelled to Cabo Verde for a two-day working visit.

On 30 January 2023, Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes presented the financial situation of the State as of 31 December 2022 at a joint meeting of the Finance and Budget Committee and the Budget Implementation Committee of the Parliament.

The 16th edition of the "On Stéitsch" festival, organised by the National Youth Service (SNJ), will take place on 23 September 2023 at the Rotondes site in Bonnevoie.

Following the war in Ukraine and the resulting increase in energy prices, Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2577 establishing a framework for the accelerated deployment of renewable energy installations was adopted and entered into force on 22 December 2022 in order to support renewable energy with immediate and temporary measures.

The rating agency Scope Ratings has just confirmed on Friday the "AAA" credit rating of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with a stable outlook. This higher rating reflects the country's resilient economy, as well as the good performance of public finances.

Franz Fayot, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, paid a working visit to Costa Rica from 23 to 27 January 2023.

The Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes travelled to Warsaw on 26 and 27 January 2023 for a meeting with the Polish Minister of Finance Magdalena Rzeczkowska. She also took the opportunity to attend the 4th Luxembourg-Poland Business Conference, in the presence of her Polish counterpart and the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Teresa Czerwińska.

"The high level of food safety that we are aiming for in the Grand Duchy requires a harmonised and simplified legal framework", said Claude Haagen at the end of the Council of Government meeting on 27 January 2023.

On 25 January, the Minister for Equality between Women and Men, Taina Bofferding, and the Secretary General of the National Research Fund (FNR) and official representative of Research Luxembourg, Marc Schiltz, signed an agreement for the second edition of the awareness-raising campaign "Women and Girls in Research".

At the request of the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Claude Haagen, Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development and Joëlle Welfring, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development invited representatives of the agricultural, viticultural and horticultural professions to the "Agrarsommet" on 26 January 2023 at the Château de Senningen.