Introduction - UNDP The Gambia

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Awareness, through various channels, about
the reality of HIV/AIDS and traditional
practices that can contribute to its increase
should be created. The use of condoms for
safe sex should be encouraged.
structures based on identified needs relevant
to the context in which they are expected to
operate. Women’s knowledge of
environmental conservation should also be
studied and documented.
Ensuring environmental sustainability:
There is a need to work closely with the
communities and study the traditional
systems of sustainable environmental
management and use them to achieve the
targets. A systems approach to achieving
sustainable environmental management
should be used .In this way, popular
participation is encouraged and communities
are allowed to regulate, manage and control
the process.
This should be complemented with building
the capacity of the existing traditional
The decision-making structures should be
depoliticised to allow them to be the true
representative of the people not on a partisan
political basis but development politics that
will motivate everybody to be part of the
process. The structures should be truly
autonomous under a decentralised local
government system in order to allow for
checks and balances. Furthermore, there is a
need to strengthen the economic base of the
rural areas by providing good infrastructure to
allow for effective communication and
development.
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Building Capacity for the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals in The Gambia National Human Development Report 2005
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