Niger/Tillabéri: Approximately CFA 3 billion from the German Bank to finance Phase 4 of the PICCT program

The Deputy Director of Cabinet of the Prime Minister chaired on Thursday, September 22, 2022, the regional workshop to launch Phase 4 of the Program of Investment and Capacity Building of Local Governments (PICCT) financed to the tune of 3 billion CFA (5 million euros) by the Federal Republic of Germany. It was in the meeting room of the Governorate, in the presence of representatives and several guests.

The PI/PM Coordinator, Mr. Hayo Toro, on behalf of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, thanked the Governor of the region for hosting this workshop whose agreement was signed on September 30, 2021 by the German Development Bank KFW and the Prime Minister's Office as a strategic partner of the portfolio of the new crucial theme "Peace and Social Cohesion" of the new international cooperation reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.of the new crucial theme "Peace and Social Cohesion" of the new international cooperation reform of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.s new international cooperation reform, BMZ 2030, with all its partner countries, including Niger.
Mr. Hayo Toro also thanked the participants for their effective presence at this meeting whose main objective is, according to him, to inform and sensitize participants on the principles and requirements of the parallel implementation of phase 3 and 4 of the TCAP.
Mr. Hayo Toro also reminded the participants of the importance of the TCAP. Hayo Toro also recalled "the salutary tangible results of the previous phases of the PICCT which have contributed significantly to the promotion of local governance in the area of concentration of the Niger-German cooperation".
"Notwithstanding these highly appreciated results, he said, it is necessary to recognize that we still need to pool our efforts and our ambition for local development for a full operationalization of the global mechanism of the PICCT 3 and 4 in order to satisfy the expectations of the Local Authorities.
"Thus, he noted, "this workshop is also a decisive step for a good start of this program in the sense that it gives the opportunity to the various participants toThis workshop is also a crucial step for the good start of this program in the sense that it gives the opportunity to the different participants to anticipate the objective conditions of its implementation in perfect coherence with the Renaissance Program Act 3 of the President of the Republic Bazoum Mohamed and whose General Policy Statement of the Prime Minister, Mr. Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou. Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou is one of the steps in its operational translation.
"The financing of PICCT4 has been integrated with that of PICCT 3 in order to finance the single component of construction of school infrastructure in 111 elementary school located within a reasonable distance from the secondary school with 12 primary schools in the same area.12 elementary school in the Territorial Collectivities (TC) of Agadez; 29 elementary school in the Tahoua region and about 70 elementary school in the Territorial Collectivities (TC) of Agadez and Tahoua.s Territorial Communities (TCs) in the Tillabéri region," he said, adding that "given FICOD's very positive reference experiences in providing technical support to the Territorial Communities in the construction of infrastructure, we are very pleased to be able to offer our services.s Territorial Collectivities in the realization of socio-economic infrastructures with regional coordinations endowed with specialized human resources, the latter has been retained as the sole promoter".
M. Hayo Toro appealed to local elected officials and administrative and customary authorities to invest more in accelerating the implementation of micro-projects eligible under the PICCT4.
Finally, he thanked the German Cooperation for all its efforts made over several decades to improve the living conditions of the Nigerien population in general and in particular those in his area of concentration.
As for the Deputy Secretary General of the Tillabéri Region, Mr. Boubacar Soumana, on behalf of the Governor, thanked the audience for their presence and, on behalf of the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the population of the Tillabéri region, thanked the Government and the German people for their support to the region.
The PICCT is a program that will contribute to improving the access of the Nigerien population to basic public services and strengthen its participation in local governance, he said.

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