International Development Grant
General Budget Support for the implementation of the PAP2A of the Plan for an Emerging Senegal
Project Number: CA-3-P009646001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $30,000,000.00
Start Date: March 22, 2021
End Date: March 31, 2023
Duration: 2.0 years
Project Description
This project helps the Government of Senegal to implement the Accelerated and Adjusted Priority Action Plan (PAP2A) of the Plan for an Emerging Senegal whose objectives are to mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations to revive socio-economic activities and to put the country back on the trajectory of emergence. As with all budget support projects Canada is working in close cooperation with other donors and the Government of Senegal to promote effective transparent and accountable country systems; increase donor coordination and harmonization; and strengthen mutual accountability. This support also fosters greater policy dialogue among donors government and partners which helps to strengthen efforts for effective focussed aid and long-term development results. This project is continuously monitored and evaluated in coordination with other donors.
Expected Results
The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased women’s economic empowerment and gender equality; (2) increased value added and productivity in the agriculture sector in particular for women; and (3) increased performance of the state apparatus in managing public finances in a responsible and transparent manner.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2023) include: (1) improved women entrepreneurs' access to financing and strengthened their technical and entrepreneurial skills. The interventions of the General Delegation for Rapid Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth enabled 178 555 women's entrepreneurial initiatives to access financing for a total of $94.2 million. They also helped formalize 2 452 micro small and medium-sized businesses and enabled 120 137 women to open 80 000 accounts to access nano-credit in the amount of $59.2 million or 87% of the financing granted; (2) strengthened the skills of 111 493 workers in businesses and professional organizations and assisted 61 218 women with Vocational and technical training finance fund; (3) installed 4 729 pieces of equipment to lighten household chores giving 786 000 women more time to engage in income-generating activities and increasing their financial autonomy; (4) implemented reforms and programs to eliminate gender-based violence and promote human rights. This included holding various legal consultation legal assistance advisory and mediation activities for 6 078 litigants (women and men). These reforms and programs also involved setting up a telephone platform ("Wallu Allo 116") to listen and provide referrals to women and children who are victims of violence and creating 333 girls' clubs to prevent early pregnancy gender-based violence and child marriage. Lastly they focused on providing advice and services to 132 215 adolescents and women. (5) cereal crop yields and peanut production increased by 25% and 18% respectively compared with the most recent 5-year average. (6) a gender report on the distribution of agricultural inputs was produced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Infrastructure and noted that while women represented 21.6% of recipients of agricultural inputs women only received 12.5% of the quantity and 17.5% of the value of the subsidized inputs; (7) a positive discrimin
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Government of Senegal - Ministry of Economy and Finance
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: General budget support
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Institutional Support