#COP15 Desertification: Signature of a partnership agreement between ENDA ENERGIE and ASERGMV
ENDA ENERGIE and the Senegalese Agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall (ASRGMV), signed a partnership agreement on May 17, 2022, on the sidelines of the Cop15 Desertification held in Abidjan.
This agreement materializes and reinforces the rich journey of concerted actions that ASERGMV and the ENDA ENERGIE organization have had to develop in all intelligence.
This partnership reflects the clear desire of the Reforestation Agency and the GMV of Senegal to strengthen the active participation of civil society organizations in its actions. It is also an illustration of the agency's new vision which consists of accelerating and amplifying, in an inclusive manner, the impacts of reforestation and resilience actions of Senegalese communities.
In its mission to support populations in transformation processes oriented towards sustainable development, the ENDA ENERGIE organization has stood out in the diversification of economic models around sectors such as:
- The Balanites for which a development model is set up according to a local entrepreneurship approach that creates jobs for women;
- Milk in agro-pastoral areas with a model of cooperative companies for the collection, conservation and processing of milk using solar energy platforms in 6 municipalities in Senegal.
- Fodder production with 4 areas of 4-5 Ha equipped with solar systems for water control.
- The promotion of biogas as an alternative fuel and the production of biofertilizer for sustainable agriculture
- The establishment of dairy farms
- Raising citizen awareness of GGW issues with the involvement of community radio stations.
Added to this is the support of territories in the integration of Sustainable Land Management in local development planning.
These different proven economic models and planning processes sensitive to energy, climate and SLM can experience a change of scale, thanks to this new partnership which substantially increases the ambitions of GMV for greater impact benefits .
It is also in this perspective that this partnership opportunity fits in giving ENDA ENERGIE a role of technical arm for the GMV with a view to ensuring the promotion and valorization of sectors carrying niches for business creation green areas and safeguarding the biodiversity of arid zones.
A partnership that fits perfectly into the ten-year priority investment plan of the Great Green Wall Global Initiative (2021-2030).
