PDM - Partenariat pour le Développement Municipal

Objet publié

This project aims to build democracy and local governance to improve the sustainable living conditions in the cities and communities of West and Central Africa. The main objective is to enable the Municipal Development Partnership to carry out its mandate and to achieve its key strategic objectives, as defined in its 2002-2010 action plan: (1) to place municipal institutions at the core of decentralization, regional integration, and development policies; (2) to act effectively to organize and strengthen Africa's municipal movement at the national and regional levels; (3) to develop and disseminate tools to mobilize local communities for economic development and poverty reduction; (4) to build the supervisory capacity of local communities to better deliver public services; and (5) to disseminate and capitalize on knowledge and information about the role of local institutions.