Sustainable Management of Communal Landscapes: 499 Sub-Projects Under Review for Funding of 2.39 Billion FCFA

The approval committee for sub-projects to be financed by the Sustainable Management Project for Communal Landscapes for REDD+ (PGPC/REDD+) is holding its first session on December 4th, 2024. This will allow the members of the committee to examine and approve 499 sub-projects. The sub-projects that will be selected will be financed at approximately 2 billion 390 million FCFA by the PGPC/REDD+, with a contribution of just over 500 million FCFA expected from the project promoters.

During this session, the approval committee will examine closely the progress of the sub-project selection process, the amounts allocated to the projects, the types of projects selected, the geographical distribution of funding, the consideration of vulnerable groups and formulate strategic orientations for the present and future calls for projects.

(PGPC/REDD+) Sustainable management project approval committee will select 250 business development plans

At the end of this review, 250 business development plans and 249 small business units in non-timber forest products will be financed by the PGPC/REDD+ to the tune of approximately 2 billion 390 million FCFA. Project leaders are expected to contribute a little over 500 million FCFA. According to Jean-Bosco So, coordinator of the PGPC/REDD+, more than a thousand applications have been registered. According to him, this demonstrates the enthusiasm of the populations for the sub-projects.

According to Amadou Ouédraogo, coordinator of component 3.2 of the PGPC/REDD+, the process implemented made it possible to make an impartial selection of the best sub-projects to finance. Environmental studies were also conducted before the selection, to prevent these projects from being sources of problems for the environment. Following their approval by the committee, financing agreements will be signed with the promoters for the start of activities in January 2025. The coordinator of component 3.2 specifies that the financing ranges from 2 to 10 million FCFA and the projects have an implementation period of between 12 and 24 months.

Implemented in 96 municipalities in eight regions of the country since May 2023, the PGPC/REDD+ includes 4 components including component 3.2 which aims to support producer organizations and SMEs in strengthening their capacities to exploit, transform and market their products through cost-shared sub-projects. The value chains targeted by these sub-projects are shea, néré, baobab, moringa and bio-compost. It is following two calls for projects that the approval committee is meeting today to validate the selected projects.

It should be noted that the approval committee is chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of the Environment, represented at the opening ceremony of the session by Boubacar Ilboudo, Director General of Sectoral Studies of the same ministry.

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