Supporting The Implementation Of The Urban Burkina Faso Country Programme

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·         To harmonise the support provided by the international cooperation involved in the urban sector;

·         To promote the dialogue among all the national stakeholders involved in this sector (national government, local authorities and civil society in particular).

In particular, this Project aims to support directly the implementation of the UCPB in its five Components:

§  Component 1: “Supporting the establishment of a National Urban Forum and south-south cooperation”;

§  Component 2: “Supporting the implementation of planning instruments and city development strategies, as well as capacity development/strengthening for planning and managing secondary cities”;

§  Component 3: “Supporting civil society and community-based organisations”;

§  Component 4: “Supporting the establishment of an urban database”;

§  Component 5: “Programme management”.