Senegal
Today, AVN's activities in Senegal are focused on public and community priming, as illustrated by the VN Fouta project (2016>2021) and the DEFI-VN project currently being implemented in 3 northern departments in collaboration with the NGO Le Partenariat. This strategic choice is largely reinforced by the growing interest of Senegalese institutional players in opting for the VN technique for their community construction needs, thus bringing the VN market greater visibility (exemplary buildings) and recognition (political integration). Through the VN Fouta project, the training of the local offer is growing, and the interest of technical players in training to accompany the realization of VN worksites augurs well for the multiplication of projects in the coming seasons.
Identity card
- Population in 2023 : 17.3 million inhabitants (51, % rural)
- GDP per capita : $1,598 (World Bank 2022)
- Climate: Sahelian
History
- 2007-2010 (Partnership for Sustainable Development): construction of the first VN buildings, including the Maison des énergies (Energy House) in the Matam region
- 2011 (Energy for All): opening of the northern regions with the NGO Le Partenariat
- 2013 (Energy for All): first local AVN team and opening of the Thiès region
- 2014 : focus on public and community engagement
- 2015 (National Voluntary Abortion Network): collaborative partnerships with civil society organizations and refugee resettlement project in Mauritania, on the Senegalese border
- 2017 (Refugees in Senegal): implementation of the VN Fouta project with the NGO Le Partenariat
- 2022: implementation of the DEFI-VN project with the NGO Le Partenariat
Territorial deployment
Building stock
In Senegal, no private market initiation activities are carried out. AVN's intervention strategy in Senegal focuses on initiating and
supporting public and community markets through the implementation of the DEFI-VN project in northern Senegal with the NGO Le Partenariat.
To date, Senegal's VN housing stock represents 122 completed projects covering an area of approximately 10,700 m2, benefiting more than 5,200 people.
The building stock in figures
in the 2022-23 season:
- 7 construction sites representing a built area of approximately 2,500 m2
- 5 community buildings
- 4 new localities with at least one VN building (83 since the start of the program)
- 1,146 new beneficiaries living or working in a VN
Updated August 2023
Forming the offer
In the 2022-23 season, 68 apprentices, masons, craftsmen, and contractors including 4 Mason Trainers are active in the new vehicle market in Senegal.
VN offer in figures
In the 2022-23 season (The Apprentice, Craftsman, and Contractor):
- 68 active apprentices, masons, craftsmen, and contractors
Updated August 2023
Partners
AVN's UI-IT strategy involves strong mobilization of partners.
Operating partners (OP)
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ADRIA
AMAF
AVIGREF (Association Villageoise de Gestion des Réserves de Faune)
APEM (Association pour la Protection de l’Enfance Malheureuse)
UCCPA (Union Communale des Coopératives des Producteurs d'Anacarde)
Relay Partners (RP)
Le Ministère du cadre de vie, la Direction de l'Enseignement secondaire, Technique et de la Formation Professionnelle
L'Institut National d'Ingénierie de Formation et du Renforcement des Capacités des Formateurs
Le Centre Universitaire d'Enseignement Professionnel
Technical Partners (TP)
l’INIFRCF (Institut National d’Ingénierie de Formation et de Renforcement des Capacités des Formateurs)
Search For Common Ground
Outstanding projects and activities
News
2022-04-20
2022-03-29
Launch of the DEFI-VN in Senegal The French Ambassador to Senegal visits the DEFI-VN projectThe official launch of the DEFI-VN project took place in Dakar on March 22nd in the presence of many institutional personalities, including Pierre Bédier, President of the French Department of Yvelines, MM. Mamadou Talla, National Education Minister, representatives of the Directorate for School Construction and of the French Development Agency (AFD).
This project, co-financed by the AFD via la Facilité de financement des collectivités territoriales (FICOL) is being implemented by the Yvelines Department in partnership with the three Departments of Fouta, Podor, and Kanel with operational and technical support from the NGO Le Partenariat and AVN. It carries on from the NV Fouta project implemented since 2016 in North Senegal, aiming to integrate the NV eco-construction training programme with those offered by the three local Professional Training Centres, and have it recognised via official certification (CQB/CQP), as offered in Burkina Faso last season .
Nicolas Dupuy, Technical Director and Coordinator in Senegal of Le Partenariat gave a presentation of the NV technique during the launch ceremony, supported by a convincing intervention from Pierre Bédier citing the example of the many community buildings completed over the last few years as part of the NV Fouta project. Mamadou Dia, President of the Department of Podor, also intervened, stressing the importance of official recognition of the NV technical concept as part of the formalisation of the NV market.
In February the French Ambassador to Senegal, His Excellence Philippe Lalliot, paid a visit to the NV Hôtel de Département of Matam and the construction site of the Hôtel de Département of Kanel, and also met the stakeholders of the DEFI-VN project (see below) which is due to launch soon.
In post since then end of 2019, the Ambassador had already met the staff of the NGO Le Partenariat, AVN’s partner for the NV Fouta projects (2016>2021) and DEFI-VN.
The DEFI-VN project: the Conseil Départemental des Yvelines, in partnership with the Departments of Kanel, Matam and Podor, has proposed a new project to the AFD, financed by FICOL, to promote NV ecoconstruction and the training of the actors of the sector (NV artisans and their teams, technicians, contractors, firms etc.), including the integration of NV training into the programmes of the three Professional Training Centres. AVN and Le Partenariat would implement this project with the support of the relevant Senegalese Departments and the Conseil Départemental des Yvelines and its representative in the Fouta, the Maison des Yvelines.