Governance
In view of improving public services to citizens and of strengthening the rule of law and the civic commitment, we assist institutions in becoming efficient, inclusive and accountable.
What we do
Rule of law, justice and security
Efficient, accountable and inclusive institutions
Decentralisation and local governance
Fragile situations
Local resources
We support our partners in mobilising local resources (including taxes) in order for them to establish their own sustainable basis for development and for public service-delivery.
Human rights-based approach
We ensure to promote and incorporate civil, political, economic, social and environmental human rights in our interventions. We ensure to promote the equality between women and men in our interventions.
Related content
The police are sometimes distrusted by citizens. This is no different in Burkina Faso. To restore trust between citizens and security services, we work with the concept of community policing. Interview with project leader Carine Vanden Borre.
5 questions to Carine Vanden Borre
Sustainable development cannot be realised without peace and security and conversely, peace and security will be at risk without sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognises the need to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions. Through it’s actions Enabel promotes the achievement of this agenda. Read more about it in this brochure.
Brochure on our peace and security strategy
News & Events
News
22 November 2024
Le Prix Awa 2024 récompense 4 cheffes d’entreprises africaines inspirantes
L’Agence belge de développement Enabel a créé le prix Awa en 2022 afin de soutenir et mettre en lumière l’entrepreneuriat des femmes en Afrique et au Proche-Orient.
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News
20 November 2024
COP29: Enabel welcomes climate financing from the Walloon region for the preservation of lake Kivu and Tanganyika in Africa
The Tanganyika Kivu Water Management Project (TAKIWAMA), with a total budget of 31 million euro, is part of the Team Europe Initiative on Transboundary Water Management in Africa, which aims to improve cooperation between African countries for the sustainable management of shared water resources.
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Events
07 November 2024
EU climate policies and impact on youth in developing countries
In the framework of COP29, Enabel is co-organising a side event to discuss how EU climate policies impact low and middle-income countries.
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Events
25 October 2024
Delivering impact by strengthening collaboration in fragile low-income contexts
In the framework of the 2024 World Bank Group Annual Meeting, Enabel organised a side-event together with Expertise France, GIZ and SNV.
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Resources
09 October 2024
Belgium-Rwanda bilateral cooperation – Programme report 2019-2024
The 2019-2024 Belgium-Rwanda Cooperation programme contributed to the advancement of Rwanda’s sustainable development goals, enhanced socio-economic well-being, and fostered inclusive growth.
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Resources
08 October 2024
Promoting the widespread use of ecological and resilient infrastructures
In the face of climate and environmental challenges, Enabel is in favour of the widespread application of green building principles in cooperation programmes.
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