{"id":17101,"date":"2024-05-02T14:51:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T12:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/?p=17101"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:11:49","slug":"hodh-echarghi-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/actualites\/hodh-echarghi-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"Hodh Echarghi’s Prosperity: An Overview of the Sahel Alliance Members’ Commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Nema round table in November 2021 saw the members of the Sahel Alliance undertake major commitments to support the growth and prosperity strategy of the Hodh Echarghi region in Mauritania. What progress has been made in implementing these commitments two years on?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Background: The Integrated Territorial Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to respond to the populations’ most pressing needs while tackling the root causes of the vulnerabilities, the members of the Sahel Alliance adopted an Integrated Territorial Approach (ITA)<\/a>. This approach involves adjusting development actions to the specific characteristics and constraints of each area<\/strong>, while integrating existing local development strategies<\/strong>. The integrated territorial approach is a reference framework for coordinating the efforts of all stakeholders involved in the development of a given area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Mauritania, the Minister of Economic Affairs decided to focus the efforts of Alliance members on the Hodh Echarghi region by the end of 2020<\/strong>. Taking into account the region’s development strategy (Regional Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Shared Prosperity), a detailed roadmap<\/strong> was set out for 2021, in order to strengthen the capacity of local administrative authorities in Hodh Echarghi to monitor and coordinate the region’s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to facilitate joint financial programming, the Mauritanian Ministry of the Economy offered to organise a round table during which members of the Sahel Alliance would confirm their funding pledges to support the implementation of the regional strategy for the Hodh Echarghi.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Commitments Undertaken at the Nema Round Table<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 27 November 2021, members of the Mauritanian government, technical and financial partners and members of the Sahel Alliance, administrative authorities, local representatives, decentralised government departments, civil society organisations and local stakeholders met in Nema, at the invitation of the Prime Minister, Mohamed Bilal Messoud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Nema round table<\/a>, the Prime Minister expressed the determination of the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, to pursue and broaden efforts to develop the region’s social and economic potential<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Participants reviewed the 2022-2025 regional public investment programme<\/strong>, aimed at improving living conditions and creating jobs, with a focus on young people, consisting of 29 projects in various sectors, ranging from agriculture to education, from social affairs to the development of socio-economic infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technical and financial partners agreed<\/a> to provide financial support for this programme totalling around USD 118 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 Years After the Nema Round Table: What Progress Has Been Made?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the commitments made at the Nema round table, by the end of June 2023, the members of the Sahel Alliance had completed the following disbursements: <\/p>\n\n\n\n