2024-03-24 03:07:48
Guinea is going through a tense socio-economic and political climate, combined with the pressing expectations of the population in terms of improving their living conditions. The day after March 8 dedicated to the celebration, in Kindia, of International Women’s Rights Day, citizen tensions to demand power in homes broke out. A few days later, these same claims continued in Conakry, the Guinean capital. Faced with these concerns, the former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, during the handover ceremony organized this Friday, March 15, 2024 at the department, mentioned that those in power must continue and intensify real reforms before respond effectively to the various legitimate demands of fellow citizens, relating to good governance, security and the creation of basic socio-economic infrastructure.
“To meet these challenges, it is imperative that we commit to the accomplishment of our common dream, that of making Guinea an emerging economy, a reality in the medium term as the President of the Republic aspires to. This is why we must very quickly assume our responsibility to face the mobilization of financing and the implementation of the interim program. And to achieve this without being exhaustive, notwithstanding social and political constraints, the methodical pursuit of the effort to mobilize technical, human and financial resources is an imperative for everyone. This is why it would be highly desirable to continue carrying out the functional diagnosis of the department, finalize the implementation of the PRI, continue the development of the voluntary report on the implementation of the SDGs, and continue the production of regional development plans. and development, modernize the development of the framework, concretize the announcements of PRI financing, continue the implementation of the national statistics development strategy, have the population policy adopted by the Council of Ministers, operationalize the national observatory of the demographic dividend,” said outgoing Minister Rose Pola Pricemou.
For the current Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, these reforms will certainly not only make people happy, but given the urgency and the needs expressed, the need to carry them out in an intelligent and inclusive manner. calls upon the conscience, patriotism and commitment of all the new members of the Bah Oury Government.
“The reforms and actions carried out during these five (5) quarters spent at the Department of Planning and International Cooperation, were made possible thanks to the constant and renewed support of development partners. I remain grateful for the journey we have taken together. And I invite us to continue in the same dynamic, with the same energy, the initiatives of the new Minister Mr. Ismaël Nabé, to whom I wish all the best in his noble mission as well as to his entire team”, wished Minister Rose Pola Pricemou.
In his communication, the incoming Minister Ismaël Nabé, recalled that the mission of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation is to become an efficient management and development administration at the service of Guineans. To achieve this objective, according to him, development must fully play its role of coordinating development management, strengthening the national planning system at the service of institutions, sectoral ministries and decentralized and deconcentrated administrations responsible for leading implementation. development actions.
“It will also have to play its role of mobilizing resources from partners in a context marked by increased competition between States in the mobilization of public and private financing necessary for investments in structuring projects but also in Public-Private Partnership projects. It is also assigned a mission of strategic monitoring and leadership in terms of development choices involving good monitoring and evaluation in a participatory and inclusive approach. With the key to improving performance and the implementation of actions in terms of efficiency and population satisfaction,” said the new Minister, Mr. Ismaël Nabé.
During the 15 months spent at the head of the Department of Planning and International Cooperation, outgoing Minister Rose Pola Pricemou, who now replaces Ousmane Gaoual Diallo at the Department of Posts and Telecommunications, did not fail to note some achievements. From the governance of the department, through planning the development and monitoring of sectoral policies, to the strengthening of international cooperation, coordination and production of statistical information up to the capture of the dividend in accordance with the strategic axes desired by the Head of State.
“In terms of internal governance, we succeeded in providing the department with a new headquarters in a building belonging to the State. We also succeeded in setting up and operationalizing several monitoring and evaluation steering and coordination bodies. In addition, we launched the diagnostic, organizational and functional team to identify what was working and what was working less well as a strategic department. We have also equipped the department with an advanced physical and digital security system. Above all, we have improved the working environment in the department by building three regional branches: two finalized in Labé and one branch of the regional planning department and one branch in Kankan, equipped with IT equipment and also rolling stock. Beyond these achievements, we also have 6 other regional directorates of the plan which are in progress, namely: in Labé, Mamou, Kankan, Kindia, in N’zerekoré and in Boké. The prefectural planning directorates are also underway, numbering 27,” she said.
Sâa Robert Koundouno