Objectif général

The aim of this joint project, the fruit of collaboration between six local authorities from the Franche-Comté region, is to develop a participative program for sustainable local development in rural and peri-urban areas of Burkina Faso.

Objectifs et spécifiques

• In the north
  • Accroître l’efficacité des actions de coopération et d’appui institutionnel ;
  • Sensibiliser aux enjeux des relations Nord-Sud ;
  • Favoriser les échanges de jeunes Nord-Sud.
• In the south
  • Positively impact all actors in the sustainable local development system;
  • Strengthen the project management capabilities of local authorities in Burkina Faso;
  • Assert their role as key interlocutors for local development players;
  • Develop inter-Burkinabe exchanges between elected representatives and producers.

Bénéficiaires directs 

Local populations in four Burkinabe communities: Douroula, Komki-Ipala, Tanghin-Dassouri and Zimtanga.

Partenaire de mise en œuvre 

• Northern stakeholders: six local authorities or their associations in Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( City of Besançon, City of Belfort, Greater Belfort, Departmental Council of Territoire de Belfort, City of Montbéliard, Country of Montbéliard Agglomeration) and the City of Neuchâtel.
• Southern stakeholders :
  • Four municipalities: Douroula, Komki-Ipala, Tanghin-Dassouri and Zimtanga,
  • Referents : Océane Consult International-OCI, NGO HOPE'87, Zimtanga Project Management Assistant (AMO) and Water and Sanitation Technician, Besançon-Neuchâtel-Douroula Cooperation Officer.
  • Other partners: Programme National de Volontariat au Burkina Faso (PNVB), France Volontaires (FV), Service civique, etc.

Funding

Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères (MEAE), les collectivités bourguignonnes-franc-comtoises et suisse, l’Agence de l’eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse.

Zone de couverture

les communes de Douroula, Komki-Ipala, Tanghin-Dassouri et Zimtanga.

Période d’exécution

juillet 2016- décembre 2019

Quelques résultats 

• Capacity-building actions au profit des élus, des populations des communes et des acteurs de mise en œuvre du projet :
  • Appropriation of decentralized cooperation relations by COPRA actors (elected representatives, referents) with 2 sister communes (Houndé, Zorgho), AMBF and DCOD;
  • Improvement of the content and design of the COPRA project's information periodical, Copra- Kibaré ; ;
  • Improvement of local product processing practices (market garden produce, rice parboiling, shea butter, local juice production, honey, soumbala) with more than 36 women processors from nearly twenty women's Op;
  • Improved mobilization and diversification of financial resources for COPRA's intervention communities with DGCOOP and DCOD;
  • Support for document archiving and organization of the civil registry : 
    • Diagnosis of the document archiving and civil status management system in the 4 local authorities.
    • Organization of 3 training sessions for different categories of local authority staff: registrars, elected officials and administrative staff;
    • Development of archive management and filing tools;
• Management of the COPRA IV development process: choice of unifying theme, communal pre-formulation workshops, communal pre-formulation workshop, drafting of the memorandum of intent submitted to AFD, management of the technical and economic feasibility study.
• Initiatives on the management of hydraulic structures: visit and discussions on the management of AEPS in Pabré, participation in discussions on the best ways to manage structures;
• With the support of PNVB, communes can benefit from communal water and sanitation volunteers and technical support.
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