81274675-Appui à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'inventaire systematique de droits d'usage au niveau des communes au Sénégal

The reform of the land sector in Senegal has been selected as one of the priority areas to be supported by the German Development Cooperation within the framework of the partnership to promote reforms concluded in 2019. The technical cooperation project "Support for the improvement of land management in Senegal" is part of this commitment by the German government. The project, whose German contribution is implemented by GIZ, aims to strengthen the management capacities of land rights at the national, regional and local levels. At the regional and local levels, it is working in 17 communes in the regions of Kaffrine and Kaolack, with the relevant actors in land management, civil society and the private sector, for improving the land security of the population. The project"s contribution will also improve the availability of data on land use planning and use rights and will facilitate the creation and implementation of more efficient processes for the registration of parcels and the updating of the corresponding rights. The 17 communes were selected in consultation with the Senegalese partners as well as the World Bank and KfW who are also financing projects in the sector. The implementation period runs from 06/2020 to 05/2024 and has a total budget of up to EUR 21,000,000. The political partner of the project is the Ministry of Finance and Budget. The main partners for the implementation of the project are the Directorate General of Taxes and Domains (DGID), the 17 target communes, the Ministry of Territorial Collectivities, Development and Territorial Planning (MCTDAT) through the National Agency of Territorial Planning (ANAT), the Directorate of Promotion and Territorial Development (DPDT) and the deconcentrated and decentralized structures of these institutions. In addition, the project cooperates with other partners, e.g., the Ministries of Interior, Agriculture and Livestock, Urban Planning and Environment, several universities and training institutions as well as civil society organizations. The objective of the project was set as follows: National and deconcentrated services, local authorities and local actors are able to improve land tenure security for the local population in selected regions of Senegal. To achieve this objective, the following outputs have been defined: 1. Governance of land tenure policy and land management in the pilot communes is improved. 2. Skills in deconcentrated services as well as in the private sector and training for the implementation of procedures to secure land rights have been strengthened. 3. The legal and regulatory framework for securing land rights has been improved. The project strategy is oriented towards 4 main actions, namely (1) transfer of skills, (2) delimitation of selected communes, (3) participatory planning of land use, and (4) a test of a systematic land inventory (parcel level). The present ToR contributes to outputs 1 and 2 as well as to all four main actions mentioned.