By Abdou Karim LO Minister of State for Reform and Technical Assistance

1. ‘ PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES & CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IN FORUMULATING SENEGAL’S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY PAPER By Abdou Karim LO Minister of State for Reform and Technical Assistance AfCoP/MfDR Co-Chair

2. OVERVIEW CONTEXT AND ISSUES CORE PROCESS PRINCIPLES PROCESS COORDINATION STAGES, PILOTING, AND PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION PROCESS DELIVERABLES LESSONS LEARNED

3. I. CONTEXT & ISSUES Since 2003, the Government of Senegal has put into place its Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), updated in 2006 to cover 2006-2010. This document is the framework for economic and social policy in terms of poverty reduction and growth in accordance with the MDGs. Notable results have been obtained in the health and education sectors after the implementation of PRSP II, but additional work is still needed to obtain the MDGs in 2015. A process for developing a new economic and social strategy was thus initiated in March 2010.

4. CORE PROCESS PRINCIPLES

5. Coordination unit and Monitoring of EconomicPolicies (UCSPE/MEF, ex CSCPLP) PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION Ad hoc technical committee chaired by the Center of Development Policy Studies (CEPOD/MEF)

6. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION

7. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION

8. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION • Working Groups • The groups support sector structures so that they provide the necessary information.

9. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION Working Groups

10. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION Regional Consultations

11. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION • Commissions

12. PROCESS COORDINATION STEPS, PILOTING AND PARTICIPATION Reviews of sectoral programs Global review: Diagnostic Assessement of PRSPs 1 & 2 Research and investigation work on poverty and local development. Elaboration of the referenceframework (2011-2015) withinwhich the annexes are made up of resultsbased planning and M&E tools The processis made up of four steps:

13. PARTICIPATION PROCESS DELIVERABLES • All of the thematic working groups have: • produced a diagnostic assessment report on PRSPs I & II; • Defined a vision for the next 5 years (2011-2015) ; • Defined the main principles and developed a plan of priority actions(PAP). • The governance group and Public Sector reform has produced several MfDR tools, including: • Results chain; • Logical framework ; • Performance framework. • The core group is responsible for integrating all of the matrices to produce the same tools annexed to the Economic and Social Policy Document.

14. Global Vision 2011-2015 « An emerging Senegalese economy based on a strong private sector and with equitably shared resources, due to effective citizen oversight, guaranteeing a harmonious and sustainable development».

17. Lessonslearned and conclusions The participation of all stakeholders in the design processes is an enriching experience, appreciated by all actors. There is an increased awareness of the importance of using an MfDR approach in the design process. All working groups expressed the need to reinforce MfDR capacity. A priority actions plan has already been designed. A results chain, a logical framework and a performance monitoring framework remains to be developed.

18. Thank You!