PACTE NGO — Ziguinchor, Casamance

Working with territories,
building solutions.

Since 1996, PACTE has supported the people and local authorities of Casamance towards sustainable, participatory and inclusive social and urban development.

Our mission

A framework for innovation serving under-resourced territories

PACTE — Prospective and Concerted Actions for Emerging Territories — is a Senegalese international solidarity association founded in Ziguinchor in 1996. It aims to be a framework for encouraging, innovating, promoting and supporting community-driven social and urban development initiatives.

Our conviction: exchanges of experience between communities and actors from the North and the South are a powerful catalyst for progress. "Act locally, think globally" has been our motto for more than 25 years.

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PACTE at a glance

  • Association founded in 1996 in Ziguinchor
  • Active mainly in Casamance, Senegal
  • A multidisciplinary team of around twenty people
  • 6 priority areas of intervention
  • A broad network of local and international partners
Our areas of intervention

Six levers for emerging territories

Community health

Supporting access to care and local health services for underserved populations.

Sanitation & drinking water

Improving access to drinking water and basic sanitation infrastructure.

Housing

Supporting the improvement of housing conditions and families' living environment.

Roads & urban services

Strengthening basic infrastructure and urban services in neighbourhoods.

Education

Action in favour of access to education and strengthening local capacities.

Local economic development

Support for local economic initiatives, entrepreneurship and self-employment.

Flagship projects

Concrete programmes, close to communities

PESCa

Entrepreneurship in the Service of Casamance (2020–2021) — support for local entrepreneurship.

Jangandoo

An ongoing programme dedicated to strengthening local communities.

PRDP

Programme for Strengthening Participatory Democracy in local authorities.

See all our projects
1996
Year founded in Ziguinchor
20+
Members of our multidisciplinary team
6
Areas of intervention
25+
Years of action in Casamance

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Partners, donors, volunteers: together, let's act for emerging territories in Casamance.

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