International Development Grant
Decentralized Fund for Appropriation and Dialogue
Project Number: CA-3-A032736001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $500,000.00
Start Date: September 30, 2005
End Date: March 31, 2014
Duration: 8.5 years
Project Description
The project aims to promote local ownership partnership and coordination in the design implementation and steering of policies in Senegal in areas such as poverty reduction. The activities contribute to: (i) more clearly defining some of the challenges and identifying programming opportunities; (ii) providing support to local initiatives that are relevant to promoting sustainable development or poverty reduction; (iii) supporting capacity building initiatives in the public and private sectors; and (iv) promoting dialogue within civil society and between civil society and the government.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of project (March 2014) include: (1) building capacities of several organizations by creating and developing management and programming tools therefore making it possible to implement more efficient and effective activities with a ratio that is more than 50 percent favourable to women. This has enabled women recipients to play a more meaningful role in decision making in and the governance of their communities; (2) establishment of a protocol that allows the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to translate equality and gender equality commitments into concrete action engaging member countries to consider and undergo an evaluation of their commitments; and (3) funding for the Union of Senegalese Journalists not only allowed the 2012 presidential election to received good media coverage but it also genuinely contributed to fairness and greater transparency in the election results.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Uncoded
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP