On Thursday, September 02, 2021, a support and advisory mission from the Uemoa Commission began exchanges with the Togolese authorities in Lomé, as part of the implementation of the government policy of building decent housing at affordable costs for low-income populations.

Committed to being an institution that meets the needs and expectations of peoples, the West African Economic and Monetary Union makes “housing for all” a priority in the Union. This explains the advisory support of the Uemoa Commission to the Togolese Government in the framework of urban development operations for the Dalavé and Aflao-Sagbado sites located in Greater Lomé. At the opening of the work chaired by the Togolese Minister of Urbanism, Housing and Land Reform, Koffi Tsolenyanu, the Resident Representative of the Uemoa Commission in Togo, Aminata Lo Paye, indicated that the Commission's support is part of the vision of helping “improve land and housing policy instruments, including institutional, financial and regulatory instruments, and promote [...] Development of an effective housing market”. For the Togolese minister, this support is important, because “in 2018, the need for decent housing in Togo by 2020 was already estimated at five hundred thousand (500,000) units”. This mission, led by the Coordinator of the IDA Donation Technical Assistance Project for Affordable Housing in the Uemoa Area (PFLA- UEMOA), will consist of supporting the country in financial engineering, legal advice, design