Total cost
$500,500
Partners
Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and
Urbanization
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat)
Background and objectives
Following the devaluation of the CFA franc,
the price of building materials, most of which are imported, increased
by 50 per cent, making them unaffordable for most of the population.
The Government has prepared a national strategy on local materials to tackle
this problem. The project assists the Government to implement this
strategy through capacity-building in the private sector in the field of
building materials.
Activities
The main components of the project launched
at the end of 1997 include a study of local building material production,
a report on shelter production systems using local building materials,
capacity-building in small-scale enterprises in the formal and informal
sectors and preparation of technical recommendations on local building
materials.
Results
The study on local building materials,
training in production and outside funding permitted the training of about
70 people from small enterprises. Training and sensitization sessions
were organized for technicians from the private sector and the national
administration. Following an independent evaluation, a tripartite
meeting endorsed the recommendations of the project, focusing on local
building materials and strengthening of the national institution in charge
of promoting local building materials (LOCOMAT).
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