81305009-Egalite des genres, acces aux services de base et cohesion sociale dans la region Centre-Nord du Burkina Faso

Within the framework of bilateral cooperation between Burkina Faso and the Federal Republic of Germany, the "Project to Support Internally Displaced Persons and Strengthen the Resilience of Host Communes" began its activities in October 2021. It aims to build the capacity of partner communes and state and non-state actors to improve the social living conditions of internally displaced people and vulnerable host populations in the Centre-Nord region. It is implemented by the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ). The PDICA falls within action area (b) "Stabilization of host regions and integration of refugees and displaced persons in host regions" of the "Refugees and host countries" special initiative. The project will run from 10/2021 to 03/2026. The Sahel and Centre-Nord regions of Burkina Faso are strongly marked by instability and fragility. On March 31, 2023, there were 2,062,534 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 292,956 households (Conseil National de Secours d'Urgence et de Réhabilitation), including 24.5% IDPs from the Centre-Nord region. Host communities are faced with a massive population increase, which is putting a strain on their already fragile structures, despite the material aid provided to meet the humanitarian needs of IDPs. Tensions between the internally displaced and the local population are on the rise. The main outputs of the project are: 1) Improve the capacity of communes and other local actors to provide IDPs and vulnerable host populations with quality basic services in line with their needs. 2) Strengthen social cohesion between IDPs and host populations 3) Promote an inclusive and sustainable economic recovery for the most vulnerable and destabilized populations, both host and displaced. The plan is to create jobs and contribute to the economic resilience of the population, particularly young people and women affected by poverty, through vocational training, the promotion of income-generating activities and capacity-building for local economic governance players. The third output on economic recovery is being implemented in part by the GIZ-ENABEL consortium (Belgian Development Agency) thanks to co-financing with the European Union (EU) with a total budget of 9.9 million euros. It forms part of the European Union's action for the "Stabilization of the Ouagadougou - Kaya - Dori - Djibo (OKDD) axis - Strengthening social and economic security". The objective of the module (BMZ) is as follows: The social living conditions of internally displaced people and the vulnerable population in certain host communes in the Centre Nord region have improved. On economic recovery, indicator 4 of the module (out of a total of four project indicators) stipulates that 50% of the 1,700 members of vulnerable target groups in partner communes (including 50% IDPs, 50% women, 50% young people under 35, 10% disabled people) who have participated in income-generating activities supported by the project confirm that their income situation has improved by 2 points on a scale of 1 to 10.