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project details
Project number:
2021.2078.0
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1600 West Africa 2, Madagascar
Contact person:
Anja Heuft anja.heuft@giz.de
Partner countries:
Madagascar
Summary
Goals:
Partner municipalities effectively assume their role as actors of poverty-oriented local development, in cooperation with civil society and state institutions.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministère de la Décentralisation et de l'Aménagement de Territoire
Financier:
not available
order volume
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
50,445,000 euros
Current project:
16,275,000 euros
combined financing
European Union (EU): 1,460,000 euros
Agence Francaise de Developpement (from January 1, 2012): 10,000 euros
Gouvernement de la Principauté de Monaco: 5,000 euros
predecessor project
2017.2075.4
Poverty-Oriented Municipal Development and Decentralization II
successor project
not available
Duration
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
02.06.2015 - 30.04.2027
Current project:
01.01.2023 - 30.04.2027
Other parties involved
AMBERO Consulting
More information
project website
not available
development policy identifiers
gender equality
Significant secondary goal
CRS key
15112 Decentralization and promotion of subnational territorial units
evaluation
not available
Project Description (DE)
Initial situation
There is great poverty in Madagascar. The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have exacerbated the situation and made economic, socially just and environmentally friendly development more difficult. In addition, the political situation is unstable.
Despite political crises, local communities are a basis for sustainable development in the country. But they often face major challenges. This includes weak citizen participation.
The government therefore adopted the "Letter on the Policy of Emerging Decentralization" (Lettre de Politique de Décentralisation Emergente, LPDE) in 2021 and the implementation plan in 2023. This can create a legal and strategic basis for creating reform steps towards decentralization.
Objective
The partner municipalities in the regions in Boeny, Diana and the greater Tana area, including the city of Antananarivo, help to promote pro-poor local development and work with civil society and public institutions.
Approach
The project builds on two previous projects that involved various local and national actors to promote sustainable development in the municipalities.
The project focuses in particular on enabling and consolidating the transfer of knowledge and the exchange of experience between the municipalities. It also promotes the ability of the municipalities to manage themselves and respond better to citizens. For example, the project suppo
