📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2024.4068.3
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible Organisational unit:
1100 West Africa 1 and Central Africa
Contact person:
Hamza Ould Bakar hamza.ould@giz.de
Partner countries:
Mauritania
SUMMARY
Objectives:
The socio-economic inclusion of refugees and vulnerable members of host communities, especially women, has improved in selected districts of Mauritania.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partner:
Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization
Financing organisation:
not available
VOLUME OF COMMISSION
Total financial commitment:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
8 000 000 Euro
Financial commitment for the actual implementation phase:
8 000 000 Euro
COFINANCING
not available
PREVIOUS PROJECT
not available
FOLLOW-ON PROJECT
not available
TERM
Entire project:
(including all previous, current and following project implementation phases, if existing)
13.09.2024 - 30.09.2027
Actual project implementation phase:
01.10.2024 - 30.09.2027
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project websites
not available
POLICY MARKERS
Gender Equality
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Significant (secondary) policy objective
Inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities
Significant (secondary) policy objective
CRS CODE
16050 Multisector aid for basic social services
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Context
Despite its relative stability in the Sahel region, Mauritania faces major challenges with over 300,000 refugees, more than half of whom are women and children. In Hodh El Chargui, the country's largest region, refugees make up more than 50 percent of the population, placing excessive strain on resources and infrastructure. Host communities, already struggling with economic insecurity, unemployment, and climate change, are under increasing pressure. In light of this, Mauritania reaffirmed its commitment to supporting refugees at the 2023 Global Refugee Forum. However, local systems remain overwhelmed, and income prospects are limited.
Objective
The socioeconomic inclusion of refugees and vulnerable members of host communities, particularly women, is improved in selected areas of Mauritania.
Approach
The project works with a mixed team, including staff from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and focuses on the following key areas:
• Access to basic services such as healthcare will be improved through telemedicine; education through support for digital school enrollment; and the issuance of civil status documents through mobile registration and the delivery of official documents.
• Livelihoods and economic inclusion will be promoted through vocational training and continuing education programs, and entrepreneurial init
