Territorial administration: The PSD 2025-2029 at the heart of a mobilization of technical and financial partners

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The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security has launched a major mobilization around the Strategic Development Plan (PSD) 2025-2029 of the Directorate General of Territorial Administration (DGAT).

At a round table bringing together technical and financial partners, the private sector and civil society organizations this Thursday in Dakar, Minister Mouhamadou Mactar Cissé called for increased support to make this plan the cornerstone of the modernization of territorial administration.

In his address, the minister emphasized that all public policies are implemented at the local level. As such, governors, prefects, and sub-prefects are the primary representatives of the state to the people. They ensure administrative coordination, oversee the application of laws, support local authorities, and contribute to social stability and local development.

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Faced with current challenges, Mouhamadou Mactar Cissé believes that territorial administration must evolve to meet citizens' expectations for proximity, transparency, and efficiency. He emphasized that this ambition is fully aligned with the National Transformation Agenda 2050.

The minister stressed the need for strong involvement from all government departments, particularly the Ministry of Finance, in the implementation of the PSD. "Making a plan is good. Implementing it is even better," he stated, assuring that he would personally advocate with the various ministries to mobilize the necessary resources.

Beyond investments in infrastructure, equipment and logistics, Mouhamadou Mactar Cissé stressed that the success of this reform also depends on the commitment of territorial administration agents to carry out their missions in compliance with the law and republican principles.

The regional director of the International Budget Partnership (IBP), Malème Amadou Niang, explained that this roundtable is the result of extensive diagnostic work carried out in the fourteen regions of Senegal. Consultations with governors, prefects, and sub-prefects helped identify the main constraints hindering the implementation of public policies at the local level.

According to him, the difficulties relate in particular to the inadequacy of the resources accompanying the transfer of powers to local authorities, infrastructure deficits, human resource needs and the modernization of administrative services.

The PSD 2025-2029 is structured around several major axes, including the transformation of territorial administration, financing, strengthening human resources and the digitalization of services.

Malème Amadou Niang has called on technical and financial partners, development banks, embassies, and international organizations to align their interventions with the priorities defined by Senegal. The objective is to guarantee equitable access to quality public services for all citizens, regardless of their place of residence.

This mobilization demonstrates that the government intends to make the 2025-2029 Strategic Development Plan a real lever for transforming territorial public action and strengthening the presence of the State throughout the country.

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