Feasibility studies of programmes: (i) sustainable forest management (Cavally) and (ii) ecotourism (Tonkpi) Ivory Coast
AGRICULTURE 
ENVIRONMENT 
FORESTRY 
TRANSVERSAL
Services: Diagnostics and feasibility studies
Countries: Ivory Coast
Dates of intervention: 2022/09 - 2023/02
Amount executed: 134 277 €
Total amount of the service: 134 277 €
Main backer: Government of Côte d’Ivoire - Client
Main beneficiary: Government of Côte d’Ivoire
Co-contractors: Université de Korhogo
Support provider: SalvaTerra
Experts: Sophia LYAMOURI, Paul BELCHI, Olivier BOUYER
Etude de faisabilité économique, technique, environnementale et sociale du Programme Structurant GRN initié par la Région du Cavally - Rapport d’Avant-Projet SommaireEtude de faisabilité économique, technique, environnementale et sociale du Programme Structurant GRN de la Région du Tonkpi : Développement de l'écotourisme dans et autour du Parc National du Mont Sangbé - Rapport d’Avant-Projet Détaillé
Context of the service
As part of a Debt Reduction and Development Contract (C2D), France, represented by AFD, has allocated Côte d'Ivoire a grant of 23 billion CFA francs over the period 2019-2023, intended to finance the project to support the economic and ecological development of rural areas (ECOTER).
The general objective of this project is to improve the living conditions of the population of eight Regions - in particular those of Cavally and Tonkpi - through structuring programmes, combining sustainable economic development and sustainable management of natural resources.
The structuring programme of the Cavally Region focused on the "Sustainable Management of Local Forests and Biodiversity" and that of the Tonkpi Region focused on the "Development of ecotourism in and around the Mont Sangbé National Park".
Services provided
SalvaTerra, in consortium with the Peleforo Gon Coulibaly University of Korhogo, conducted the feasibility studies of the two ECOTER structuring programs. These studies were carried out in close liaison with the initiators of the structuring programmes, namely ad hoc working groups within the Regional Councils of Cavally and Tonkpi:
- Critical analysis of the design and content of the programs as proposed;
- In-depth analysis of the planned activities on the economic, environmental, social and organizational levels;
- Formulation of programmes (objectives, activities, logical framework, monitoring and evaluation system, budget, institutional set-up, etc.) in simplified preliminary projects;
- Formulation of the programmes in detailed preliminary projects, including in particular the description of the priority infrastructure identified and the accompanying measures for Tonkpi.
Summary of the service
Feasibility studies of programmes: (i) Sustainable management of local forests and biodiversity (Cavally Region) and (ii) Development of ecotourism in and around the Mont Sangbé National Park (Tonkpi Region), in consortium with the University of Korhogo and in close liaison with the Regional Councils of Cavally and Tonkpi: In-depth analysis of the activities envisaged on the economic, environmental, social and organisational levels; Formulation of simplified and detailed preliminary projects.