Total cost
$195,400
Partners
Urban Management African Institute (IAGU)
Urban Management Programme (UMP), Abidjan
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
Greater Dakar is the industrial commercial
and governmental centre of Senegal. It covers an area of approximately
217 square kilometres, 0.17 per cent of the national area, but has 2,244,682
inhabitants (1999) (24.19 per cent of the total national population) and
an estimated growth rate of 4 per cent. The agglomeration also has
70 kilometers of coast. Eighty per cent of Senegal's industries are
concentrated in Dakar, as are two-thirds of national income and three quarters
of the country's water supply. Concentration of population in this area
has led to intense deterioration in environmental conditions and has increased
natural and technological hazards. This has directly affected the
health and welfare of the inhabitants of low-income areas. In 1993
a workshop to launch the EPM process lead to the preparation of the Dakar
environmental profile. Participants of the town meeting on the urban
environment discussed the concept and methodology for rapid urban environment
assessment, approved the environmental profile, identified the environmental
concerns and outlined an implementation strategy. The city consultation
was followed by consultation activities (elaboration of project planning
document and mobilization of funding).
Activities
The Sustainable Dakar project is implemented
by the Communauté urbaine de Dakar, together with local partners,
such as the Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, the Ministry
of Housing and Urban Development, the Ministry of Health (National Hygiene
Service), the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Cities, the municipalities
of Dakar (Cahba, Pikine, Rufisque and Bargny and their technical centres);
the University of Dakar (Institute for the Environment, Land and Physics);
the media (Sud, Walfadjri, RTS and Soleil); the private sector (the chamber
of commerce and members of the business community); parastatal companies;
concerned residents; NGOs (Enda Relay for Participatory Urban Development
and community-based organizations, including CAMCUD, APEB, ASCONSEN and
ADEC. The priority issues identified are solid waste management,
natural and industrial hazards, air pollution and sanitation and sewerage.
Results
The Sustainable Dakar Project addressed
the specific issue of the degradation of Hann Bay. Working groups
have been established, the communal forum at Hann has been organized and
the follow-up cross-sectoral committee was installed. The project
is being replicated in Rufisque and Louga with the preparation of environmental
profiles and consultations for each municipality. The follow-up cross-sectoral
committee organized local working days for Hann Bay as a demonstration
action.
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| Total cost $137,300
Partners
Government of Senegal
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
UNDP and the of Government of Senegal
are financing a national poverty reduction project. The second component
of this project is for reduction of urban poverty in the four cities of
Dakar-Pikine, Djourbel, Saint-Louis and Tambacounda. UNCHS (Habitat) provides
technical assistance.
Activities
Activities were launched in March 2000.
Results
A consulting firm was selected for feasibility
studies on slum upgrading and infrastructure improvement.
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