Banjul, 17 January 2025<\/p>\n
The European Union allocates 718 million Dalasi to strengthen the State\u2019s ability to provide services to the population<\/strong><\/p>\n The European Union allocated 718.2 million Dalasi (9.5 Million EURO) to the government. This new payment is the 2nd<\/sup> disbursement under the budget support programme (the \u201cState and Resilience Building Contract for The Gambia 4\u201d). It is comprised of a fixed tranche of 2\u00a0 Million EURO that recognises progress in the areas of Public Policy, Macroeconomic Stability, Public Financial Management and Budget Transparency and Oversight. The second, variable tranche is 7.5 Million EUR and is paid on the basis of targets met in the areas of transitional justice, social protection and public financial management.<\/p>\n EU ambassador Immaculada Roca I Cort\u00e9s recalled: \u201cThe budget support\u2019s goal is to accompany the Gambian Government\u2019s efforts to consolidate a peaceful, inclusive and democratic society in The Gambia while promoting social protection and gender equality<\/em>.\u201d She added: \u201cThe objectives cover a wide range of areas that have been defined together with the government. The path in reinforcing a democratic Gambia requires the commitment of all state actors and partners and we are glad to play our active part which reflects the longstanding European solidarity<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Specifically, the following specific objectives are pursued through the budget support:\u00a0 enhancing the rule of law and transitional justice framework – while making sure that gender perspective is incorporated -; improving migration management; strengthening the social protection systems coverage and improving accountability of public financial management for the delivery of essential services to the citizens.<\/p>\n The Budget Support programme is accompanied by a regular strategic-level policy dialogue. Moreover, complementary measures are foreseen including technical assistance in the areas of public financial management and social protection, as well as grants to enhance the rights of persons with disabilities in The Gambia.<\/p>\n Background<\/strong><\/p>\n The new payment of 9.5 million EURO was preceded by a payment of 12 Million EURO in December 2023. The next and last budget support disbursement under this programme is scheduled for the 4th<\/sup> quarter of 2025. Subject to the fulfilment of the disbursement conditions, the last disbursement could amount to 14.5 Euro Million. Since 2017, only through four \u2018State and Resilience Building\u2019 Budget Support Programmes has the EU disbursed to the Government of The Gambia more than 10.2 billion Dalasi (135 Euro Million).<\/p>\n The funding of the Budget Support programme is not per se earmarked for specific expenses. The funding goes to the General Treasury to ensure the State\u2019s ownership over the national budget. However, in the framework of our budget support programmes The Gambia and the EU agree on a certain number of objectives, translated into indicators. To ensure an efficient implementation of the programme, both parties carry out a regular policy dialogue encompassing all the key results identified in the Financing Agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Banjul, 17 January 2025 The European Union allocates 718 million Dalasi to strengthen the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.techhivetechnologies.com\/blocktvgambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}