2014 PEACE CORPS SENEGAL COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL RESOURCE MANUAL Contributors Managing Editor Anthony Scavone Contributing Editors Eric Churchill Austin Mueller Greg Porter Kenna Stoneman Jessica Wolff Contributing Authors Karen Chiang Edens Duphresne Diane Ferry Alexx Goeller Lily Grabill Marsha Hedrick Timothy Johnson Daniel Keniger Philip Kim Joyce Lee Austin Mueller Greg Porter Lisa Riggs Anthony Scavone Katherine Zobre And a special thank you to CED APCD Amar Sall and CED PTA Talla Diop for their assistance in the development of the new CED training curriculum and this technical manual. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 II. The PC Senegal CED Project Framework .................................................... 2 III. Community Economic Development in Senegal........................................... 5 Government Organization in Senegal ..................................................................... 5 National .................................................................................................................................... 5 Regional ................................................................................................................................... 5 Departmental ............................................................................................................................ 5 Sous-Préfecture (District) ......................................................................................................... 5 Urban or Rural Communes ...................................................................................................... 6 Villages/Neighborhoods ........................................................................................................... 6 What Do They Do? .................................................................................................................. 6 The Senegalese Education System .......................................................................... 6 Bureaucratic Structure .............................................................................................................. 7 Formal Education System in Senegal....................................................................................... 7 Private Schools ......................................................................................................................... 9 Technical Schools .................................................................................................................... 9 Franco-Arabe Schools .............................................................................................................. 9 Koranic Schools ....................................................................................................................... 9 School Vocabulary ................................................................................................................. 10 Impacts of Decentralization ................................................................................................... 11 The West African and Senegalese Economies ......................................................11 Economic and Monetary Unions ............................................................................................ 12 Exports and Inter-African Trade ............................................................................................ 13 West African Economies ........................................................................................................ 15 Overview of Senegalese Economy ......................................................................................... 15 CED Program Partners ..........................................................................................16 International ........................................................................................................................... 16 National .................................................................................................................................. 17 Regional and Local................................................................................................................. 18 IV. The 4 CED Program Niches .........................................................................20 Agribusiness ..........................................................................................................20 Production Planning ............................................................................................................... 21 Food Transformation and Produce Marketing ....................................................................... 29 Cashew Promotion ................................................................................................................. 45 Handicrafts and Artisanal Goods ..........................................................................48 CED Technical Resource Manual ii Formalization ......................................................................................................................... 48 Encouraging Effective Product Design .................................................................................. 49 Creating Market Linkages ...................................................................................................... 49 Artisans in Action: the Case of the Peace Corps Artisanal Réseau ....................................... 50 Solid-Waste Management .....................................................................................51 Attitudes, Incentives and Disincentives ................................................................................. 51 Types of Waste ....................................................................................................................... 52 Waste Management: The Law................................................................................................ 53 Government and Responsibility ............................................................................................. 53 Financial Resources and Partners ........................................................................................... 54 Common Waste Collection Organizational Structures .......................................................... 54 Waste Valorization ................................................................................................................. 58 Ecotourism ............................................................................................................60 Seven Principles of Ecotourism ............................................................................................. 60 Ecotourism Marketing Strategies ........................................................................................... 61 V. Financial Literacy ..........................................................................................65 Personal Money Management Skills ....................................................................65 Cash Flow Calendars .............................................................................................................. 65 Household Budget .................................................................................................................. 65 Savings Opportunities Analysis ............................................................................................. 65 Savings ..................................................................................................................66 Starting a Savings Plan ........................................................................................................... 66 Starting a Savings Group........................................................................................................ 67 Credit .....................................................................................................................69 The Best Game ......................................................................................................70 Goals and Objectives .............................................................................................................. 70 History .................................................................................................................................... 70 Benefits for Your Community ............................................................................................... 70 The Best Game and You ........................................................................................................ 70 VI. Youth Entrepreneurship ...............................................................................71 Junior Achievement ..............................................................................................71 History and Mission ............................................................................................................... 71 Notre Commune ..................................................................................................................... 71 Mini-Entreprise ...................................................................................................................... 72 The Youth Entrepreneurship Training Program (YETP) ....................................................... 72 GERME .................................................................................................................................