Central African Republic - The Project for Community Development and Support to Vulnerable Groups (PDCAGV)


Project Summary

Approval Date 22 Jul 2009
Signature Date 24 Jul 2009
Planned Completion Date 30 Dec 2016
Last Disbursement Planned Date 30 Dec 2016
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Social
DAC Sector Code 11330
Environmental Category 2
Commitment U.A 6,300,000
Status Completion

Project General Description

The Community Development and Vulnerable Sector Support Project (PDCAGV) supports the Government of Central African Republic (CAR) efforts to implement the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). It complements the initiatives of other partners towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Project activities directly target the most needy social groups. It will intervene in 10 of the 16 prefectures of the country, spread over five regions. The project activities, which will be carried out over a five-year period from 2010 to 2014, are structured in three components: (i) Capacity building; (ii) Development of basic infrastructure; and (iii) Management and monitoring and evaluation. The total cost is UA 8,000,000.

Project Objectives

The aim of the PDCAGV project is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of the populations, particularly vulnerable groups. Specifically, it aims to improve the provision of basic social services at the community level.

Beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the project are the rural poor people in the project area, particularly farmers and women, who represent about 1.75 million people. The main results expected for these groups are the improvement of production techniques for 1,500 farmers, the improvement of beneficiaries' access to drinking water as well as the basic services of health and education through the commissioning of 330 basic community infrastructures, the increase of production for the farmer groups benefiting from the 240 agricultural, fishing and livestock kits, the lightening of domestic tasks for the groups of women beneficiaries of the 150 platforms multifunctional, better supervision of the hearing and visual impaired through the training of 8 trainers specialized in their monitoring, and improving the knowledge of about 100,000 beneficiaries in areas such as the environment, family planning, human rights or conflict prevention and management through IEC activities.

Participating Organization

Funding
Transition Support Facility
Implementing
DIRECTION GENERALE DES ETUDES, DE LA PLANIFICATION ET DES SERVICES D'APPUI, CHARGEE DE LA COORDINATION DES DIRECTION REGIONALES (DGEPSACDR) / (MASSNF)

Information

IATI identifier 46002-P-CF-IE0-001
Last Update 21 Mar 2023

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Contact Details

Name Judes BISSAKONOU
Email j.bissakonou@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country Central African Republic
Coordinates Location Name
5.20281 21.2122 Alindao
5.5267 22.5856 Bakouma
5.73633 21.0496 Bambari
5.01352 23.1533 Bangassou
5.45157 16.1272 Baoro
5.9978 15.4604 Bouar
3.97145 17.9335 Mbaiki
5.15276 21.6379 Mingala
5.30643 19.4241 Ndjoukou
5.73333 19.0833 Sibut