Ministry of Interior Affairs and National Security

ORGANIZATION PROFILE

Office of the Mayor :23 BP 177 , Yopougon Selmer,Mairie

CentraleTEL: 225 77 30 13 43

E-MAIL info@mairieyopougon.org 

Mairie de Yopougon

« A Town Hall serving local develoment »

Country Profileis situated in West Africa, circled by 5 neibghouring countries: in the West by Ghana, in the North by Mali and Burkina Faso, in the East by Guinea (Conakry) and Liberia, in the South it baords the Atlantic Ocean.

Part of the 8 speaking countries that form the regional the Economic and Montary Union of West Africa,UEMOA, it alone represents 40% of the economy of that organisation.

A liberal and open market-oriented economy

40% of the GDP, ¼ of the population and 50 % of the total consumers of the West Africa Economic and Monetary Union and the leading port entry of the region.

Abidjan, the major city of Cote d’Ivoire

Geaographical dataOfficial Name : Côte d’Ivoire Surface Area : 322 .463 km² Capital city : Yamoussoukro

Major city : Abidjan

Principal Cities: Abidjan, Bouaké, Daloa, Yamoussoukro Language  : French Change : Franc CFA National Day : 7th Auguest

Cote d’Ivoire digestDemographic Data:Region: Sub-Saharan Africa

Income category: Lower middle income

Population: 19,839,750 (World Bank, 2012)

Density : 60 hab/km²

Growth Rate: 9.5 % (World Bank, 2012) Life Expentancy : 50 Years (World Bank, 2011)

Poverty Rate : 48.9% (UN 2012)Litareracy Rate : 55,3% (World Bank ,2012)

Human Developement Index : 0.43 (PNUD 2012)

170 th/ 187Countries (PNUD, 2011)

Ethnic Groups: 60 ethnic groups

Religion (s) : Islam : 38.6%, Christianise : 32.8%, Animism : 11.9%, No religion : 16.7% (CIA World Factbook, 2008)

Economic dataIncome category: Lower middle income

Population: 19,839,750

GNI per capita (US$): 1,220 (World Bank, 2012)

GNI : 24.68 Mds USD (World Bank, 2011) Growth rate : 9.5 % (World Bank, 2012) Inflation Rate: 1,3 % (World Bank, 2012)

Principal customers (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009) :

Holland (13,9%) ; France 10,7% ;

United States (7,8%) ; Germany (7,2%)

Principal Providers (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009) :

Nigeria (20,7 %), France (14,2 %),

China (7,2 %), Thaïland (5,1 %)

An economy primary based on agriculturePart of branch activities in the NGI (World Bank , 2009) :

Agriculture : 25%

Industry: 25%

Services : 50%

Cote d’Ivoire is world well known producer of agriculutural products. It is the

1st world producer of Cocoa , 1.5 M Tonnes/Year

1st World producer of Cashew.

3rd producer of Coffe 300 000t/y

Bananas ,pineapples , Coton

The country is the second important economy just behind the giant Nigeria

The port of Abidjan

The leading entry of west Africa region

The port of Abidjan is

the 1st port of transit of west Africa,

the 1st port of Africa for tuna

the second port for containers

of the whole Africa just behind South Africa.

The Industrial sector, a growing sector

The Industrial sector represents

25% of the GPD

Abidjan, the economic capital city

Has 3 importants industrial areas:

-Koumassi

-Port Bouet which hosts the port

-Yopougon, the bigest industrial area

with more than 300 industrial and

Commercial Entreprises.

The government has launched today numerous ambitious infrastructures construction and rehabilitations projects

Widely open for tourism

The mixture of different national cultures and foreign nationalities offers a dynamic social life.

Touristic sites offer the visitors various places that are worth visits in the country

Yopougon Town Hall Profile

YOPOUGON TOWNSHIP COUNSEL

Mayor Gilbert Kone KAFANA

The Town Hall has 50 persons elected council Employees: 450 Agents .

Population 1.500.000

Area 153,4 km² , 7,4% of District (2079 km²)

Mayor

General Secretariat

Human

Developpement

Department

Cabinet

Communication ServiceRadio service

Assistant

Human

Ressource

Department

Cultrural

and sports departement

Taxes and incomes

Departement

Accounting departement

Adminsitrative Service delibery

departement

Human departement

Communication Service

Media and Mulitmedia Public Relation

Yopougon Municipality Services

Human

Development

Department

Social and Cultural Affairs

departement

Adminsitrative Service delibery

departement

Technical and Logistics

departement

Social Cohesion

Employment

Education and social integration

Cultural promotion

Sports promotion

Youth affairs

Health Leisures

Roads

Infrastructures

Marriage

Birth Certificate

Death Certificate

Documents authentification

Habitat and construction

Front line services

Documents Legalisation

Mission statement • Community Care and Development • Education• Agriculture• Local Infrastructure Management and Development• Poverty Alleviation• Children deprived of education and street children• Rights of persons with disabilities• Discrimination and exploitation of vulnerable groups like the marginalized,

homeless • Child Rights• Urban Poverty• Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management

– Women Empowerment (Social and Economic)• Protection of Women Rights• Community Health Care and Diseases Advocacy• Child and Maternal Health• Health Rights (Health for all)• Prevention, control and advocacy of TB, HIV/AIDS, Malaria.• Drug Abuse awareness, prevention and control•  

Current programs/projects

• Urban Poverty alleviation and women empowerment program• Reconciliation and social cohesion building• Participatory budget implementation• Local Infrastructures rehabilitation and reconstruction• Culture inhencement with Libraries enforcement• Public Hygienic projects :Refuse Management• Urban Poverty alleviation through small job support• Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management• Human Rights promotion• Old persons, Child and Maternal Health projects• Prevention, control and advocacy of Tuberculosis , HIV/AIDS, Malaria.• Drug Abuse awareness, prevention and control

ProblemsDATA AND POVERTY

• Population: 19,839,750

• GNI per capita (US$): 1,220

• GNI : 24.68 Mds USDInflation Rate: 1,3 %

Growth Rate: 9.5 % Life Expentancy : 50 Years

Poverty Rate : 48.9% (UN 2012)Litareracy Rate : 55,3%

Human Developement Index : 0.43 (PNUD 2012)

170 th/ 187Countries (PNUD, 2011)

Ethnic Groups: 60 ethnic groups

Religion (s) : Islam : 38.6%, Christianise : 32.8%, Animism : 11.9%, No religion : 16.7% (CIA World Factbook, 2008)

Challenges

• Ethnic devide and low implication of certains community groups• Illiteracy and lack of minimum comprehension of hygiene• Participatory budget implementation• Low Infrastructures respect and protection• Urban Poverty alleviation through small job support• Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management• Human Rights promotion• Old persons, Child and Maternal Health projects• Prevention, control and advocacy of Tuberculosis , HIV/AIDS,

Malaria.• Drug Abuse awareness, prevention and control

Lessons

• Education and literacy is key to dvelopement• Infrastructures conctruction is the most important

aspect of developemnt Urban Poverty alleviation through small job support

• Emergencies and Natural Disaster • Communication is very important in getting

people’s implication • The basic right for individual is food and health• Partnership and private investor areuseful in local

development

But still a promissing and welcoming country

Diverse cultural communities and strong presence of neiboughring countries.Dynamic social life.

Astoria Palace

Une villa de la Baie des Milliardaires

Une villa de la Baie des Milliardaires

Une villa de la Baie des Milliardaires

100 Hotels, Restaurants,Among which Hôtel Assonvon, Hôtel Méambly, Hôtel Akwaba, Astoria Palace …

Tourism:” Ile Bouley” and “la Baie des Milliardaires”

Economic and commercial activities

Vente de banane en plein air au marché de vivrier

Le Marché du vivrier à Yopougon Sable

Yopougon by night

La fanfare municipale de Yopougon

La Rencontre Culturelle et Artistique de YopougonLe FITHA, festival de théatre d’Abidjan

Zouglou en fête 2013 à la Place Ficgayo

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Bakary CISSE

Chief Media and Multimedia section

Communication Service

Badciss@yahoo.fr