The activities of the Programme to Support Decentralization in the UEMOA region (PRADEU) for 2021 have just been launched with the signing of a grant agreement between the Ambassador of France to Burkina, Luc Hallade, and the Mayor of the commune of Ouagadougou, Armand Pierre Béouindé (representing the President of the UEMOA Commission).

The signing of a grant agreement for the implementation of PRADEU makes it possible to provide the Council of Local Authorities with the resources necessary for the implementation of priority investment projects in the Sikasso - Korhogo - Bobo-Dioulasso area.

The Programme to Support Decentralization in the UEMOA Region (PRADEU) aims at local economic development, which is a lever for promoting peace and integration, by placing populations and their elected representatives at the heart of development issues.
Its purpose is to enable local authorities to have the means to design, implement and evaluate their public policies, improve access to reliable services and infrastructures, promote local economic development and promote peace and security.

The French Ambassador to Burkina, Luc Hallade, hoped that states would work together to facilitate border crossings and meet the needs of populations through support to local authorities. As for the mayor of the municipality of Bobo-Dioulasso, representing the beneficiaries, Bourahima Sanou emphasized that PRADEU has strengthened cooperation at the border