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Chad

GENERAL INFORMATION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

Decentralization in Chad was first laid down in the 1996 constitution article 11 titled the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities. This article stressed the importance of local government to protect and improve culture, sanitation education and other basic needs of the population. In 2003 the central government initiated a process restructuring the old prefectures from the French colonial legacy to a total of 17 regions. Now a total of 22 regions exist. These are headed by a governor appointed by the president. Within the regions a further subdivision of 61 departments, 200 sub-prefectures and 446 cantons exist. These regional subdivisions are headed by officials also appointed by the president. The 446 cantons were planned to be reformed as well to rural communities( communautés rurales) where local assemblies were to be elected to increase citizen participation in local government. This restructuring however did not take place as of yet. Also the local elections originally planned for 2005 were postponed several times. They are to take place in 2011 after another postponement from 10 December 2010 to 27 March 2011.

 

Due to the lack of local elections and active empowerment of local government, decentralization has so far evolved reluctantly in Chad . In the period 2004-2008 the focus of the government of Chad was the political stability of the state, having to deal with several uprisings and issues in the Sudan border-region. Local government development did however take place on the communal level. Here, traditional chiefs in cooperation with international aid organizations build new social, political and economic structures from the lowest level. Projects focus on social-housing, capacity building and humanitarian aid such as access to water, sanitation and health.

 

Localities in Chad are thus developing on their own terms. Traditional forms of government remain to play an important role while the national government has little capacity to spur rapid changes in the position of local authorities. Legal and institutional facilitation from the national government is however needed for an effective process of decentralization.
   

Local Government Associations

Association des Communes du Tchad (no website)

 
 

National Local Government Partners

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Regional Local Government Representation

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DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

 

Below you can find links to international donors that work in your country.
 

European Union

European Community: Country Strategy Paper and National Indicative Programme for the period 2008-2013 (French)

 

Joint Annual Report 2008 (French)

 

EU Delegation website (French)
 

Other Donors

More information will follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean West Africa Central Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa Pacific

 
 
 

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