“Particip’Action Innovation” Program

Ranked respectively 186^th, 180^th and 177^th out of 189 countries in terms of HDI (UNDP, 2018), Chad, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau are among the 12 poorest countries in the world. These countries face political and institutional instability, accentuated by the COVID-19 health crisis, which hinders their development. The access of the population to essential services such as health, education, justice, civil identification, formation and employment is very unequal and far from meeting the needs of a large part of the population. Although such social services do exist, their accessibility for disadvantaged populations is hampered by material difficulties (cost, transport) and poor knowledge of the services and their conditions of access, as well as by the low capacity of the services to know the real needs of the population and to respond to them. Moreover, in these areas there are few opportunities for social, economic, professional and civic participation.

From 2019 to 2022, ESSOR implemented the first phase of the “Particip’Action” project, during which more than 70,000 people were welcomed thanks to its Information and Social and Professional and Orientation Offices (BIOSP/ISPO) set up in disadvantaged areas. ESSOR and its partners wish to embark on a new phase of development. At the end of this phase, ESSOR and its partners intend to perpetuate all BIOSP/ISPO systems in the seven cities where they operate, both for the benefit of the beneficiaries and at the level of the national and local governance of the sector.