Benin report - Institut Africain de la Gouvernance

APPENDIX I: PROGRAMME OF ACTION OF BENIN__________________________________________________________________________UNDPUSAIDWAEMUWTOUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited States Agency for International DevelopmentWest African Economic and Monetary UnionWorld Trade OrganizationDevelopment is increasingly viewed as a comprehensive phenomenon marked byvarious economic, social, political, environmental, cultural and technological tiers.These tiers shift and converge to form individual and collective welfare. Thenecessary convergence of activities inherent to such areas can only be achievedthrough good governance, which constitutes a tool for boosting balances andregulating production relations among stakeholders. With a view to improvinggovernance in Benin, an action plan has been drafted subsequent to the strategicdiagnosis conducted in relation to the different objectives suggested by the APRM.The drafting, consolidation and finalisation of this action plan have been the maintopic discussed during two seminars of stakeholders (including government, theprivate sector and civil society) held on 27 September 2007 and 26-27 November2007. These seminars gathered the various bodies responsible for planning, longtermplanning/prospects, drafting and execution of budget programmes of ministries.The cost assessment method used during the aforementioned meetings is based onresults targets, available statistics, the population each intervention should cover, thenature of services to be provided to beneficiaries, and the various reference prices ofeach intervention.The plan includes a series of actions ensuing from the diagnosis made for eachtheme considered. It also encompasses priority recommendations contained in theCSAR. However, it is likely to go through necessary adjustments to take into accountimplementation deadlines and the development of the socioeconomic and politicalenvironment, and recommendations made as a result of Benin‟s review.The implementation of Benin‟s action plan will necessitate collaboration betweengovernment, the private sector and civil society. In addition, partnership with theinternational community is needed, including TFPs (especially the UNDP), and withthe support and leadership of the AU. Negotiations, training and required exchangeswith major stakeholders will be considered throughout the process with a view toensuring the success of the implementation.For this reason, the government of Benin will establish, as early as February 2007,an Implementation Monitoring Observatory for the action plan and recommendationsincluded in the CSAR.The action plan sets a distinction between two kinds of actions: on the one hand,specific actions relating to precise dimensions of governance, and on the other hand,crosscutting actions that cover all the areas considered.316