The Social Safety Nets Program of Mali or Jigisemeyiri held this Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Maeva Palace the 18th session of its National Steering Committee under the chairmanship of the representative of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mr. Diakaridia DEMBELE .

We also noted the presence of Mr. Mohamed Sacko, Coordinator of the Jigisemeyiri Program and other members of the National Steering Committee.
In his opening speech of the session, Mr. Diakaridia DEMBELE representing the Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, will say that the year 2021 was marked by the persistence of insecurity in the areas of intervention. of the project and the COVID19 pandemic which affected the implementation of program activities.

“For the implementation of activities in 2021, the Jigisemeyiri program has benefited from three sources of funding: the second additional funding from the World Bank called FA2, multi-donor funding and funding from the state budget” suggested Mr DEMBELE.

For him, these resources enabled the program to continue cash transfer payment operations in the areas of Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso, Ségou, Mopti and Gao on behalf of FA2, to continue payment operations in Konna within the framework multi-donor financing and proceed with the completion of payments for phase 1 of the government’s Social Safety Nets project in the circles of Yelimani, Yanfolila, Koulikoro, Banamba, and commune IV of the district of Bamako.

As support measures, Mr DEMBELE will explain that the recruitment process for NGOs started in 2020 continued in 2021.
Also, the year 2021 saw the completion of labor-intensive public works (HIMO) and income-generating activities (IGA). However, insecurity and the COVID19 pandemic have not made it possible to achieve certain expected results.

For Mr. DEMBELE, overall, the achievements of the program during the year 2021 amount to 6.441 billion FCFA on an estimated forecast of 18.064 billion FCFA, representing an execution rate of 35.66%. . For him, this level of achievement, although low, is significantly better than that of 2020, which was 28%.

Also, as part of the implementation of the government’s emergency cash transfer program linked to COVID19 and implemented by the Social Safety Nets program, great progress was made in 2021. Thus, as of December 31, 2021, Jigisemeyiri has identified almost all of the potential beneficiaries of this emergency programme. The technical unit of the program, in connection with the technical services of social development, recruited hundreds of survey agents who criss-crossed all regions of Mali to register new beneficiaries in the Unified Social Registry of Mali. As of December 31, 2021, 35% of beneficiaries have been paid.

Dieudonne Tembely

Source : Voice of Bamako

It was on the occasion of the 17th session of the National Steering Committee (CNP) of the Social Safety Net Program that the Representative of the Secretary General of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Diakaridia Dembélé, announced the following: covid fund payment starting this month. “The meeting took place on Wednesday, December 1, at the Maeva Palace Hotel, in the presence of the Project Coordinator of the” JIGISEMEYIRI “social safety net program, Mahmoud Ali Sako.

The session takes place one year from the end of the Program. It offers the opportunity to measure the progress made by the Program during the first three quarters of the year 2021 and to examine the Draft Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB 2022) for the last year of implementation. from the program.

For the president of the National Steering Committee, Diakaridia Dembélé, these resources have enabled the Jigisemejiri Program to continue cash transfer payment operations in the regions of Kayes Koulikoro, Sikasso, Ségou, Mopti and Gao. And to add that it is necessary “to continue the operations of payments to Konna within the framework of the Multi-donor financing and to proceed to the completion of the payments to the Governmental Social Safety Net (PGFS) in the circles of Yélimane, account of the Project Yanfolila, Koulikoro, Banamba and Commune IV of the District of Bamako.

As part of the accompanying measures, he said, the NGO recruitment process, which began in 2020, continued in 2021. Multiple contingencies did not allow this process to be completed by September 30, 2021.

At the level of Public Works with High Intensity of Labor (HIMO) and Income Generating Activities (IGA), the results obtained were insignificant during the period under review.

To do this, Diakaridia Dembélé revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic caused the suspension of all field activities related to labor-based and AGR operations.
During the first three quarters of the year 2021, according to the president of the CNP, this fund amounts to 4 billion 239 million FCFA out of a forecast estimated at 18 billion 64 million FCFA, or an execution rate of 23.47%.

With regard to the partners, assessments are underway with the World Bank to see if the environmental and social conditions allow the resumption of activities in certain localities. During the year 2021, the Program continued the development of the Unified Social Register through the collection and registration of new beneficiaries of the Government’s Emergency Cash Transfer Program linked to COVID 19.

During the period, the Program continued to put in place environmental and social safeguard instruments, in particular issues of accountability and social inclusion and prevention of gender-based violence.
Overall, at the level of the achievements of the Jigisemejiri Social Safety Net Program at the level of the other sub-components, activities will be relaunched with the completion of the recruitment process for non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
“The procedures for concluding the various contracts with these partners should be completed by the end of 2021. The redeployment of the unified social register (RSU), planned for 2021, will be a reality in 2022. The provisions are in progress with the technical services of social protection for the installation of pilot centers in some ”, affirmed the president of the CNP.

He, finally, thanked the various Technical and Financial Partners who support the Jigisemejiri Social Safety Net Program, mainly the World Bank for the importance of its interventions in Mali.

Mamadou SANGARE

Source: Les Echos

The first cash transfers intended for 7,563 women from the Epargne pour le changer (EPC) groups in the regions of Koulikoro, Sikasso, Ségou and the District of Bamako (in Commune III) were made last Thursday. The ceremony was chaired by the National Director of Social Protection and Solidarity Economy (DNPSES), Mohamed Bassirou Traoré at the mayor of Commune III.
This operation is part of the joint UNICEF-Pam program: “Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic through social protection systems in the Sahel / Mali”. Funded to the tune of 17 million euros, or just over 10 billion CFA francs for a period of 18 months (July 2020 to December 2021) by German cooperation, this program constitutes an emergency response aimed at providing support to the Ministry of Health and Social Development in the fight against the pandemic.

This launch is the first series of an operation which will include three tranches for households and two for members of EPC groups for a cumulative total of 90,000 CFA francs per household and per woman in the EPC. “This amount is set to show the imperative to be aligned with the amount of the Government’s Emergency Cash Transfer,” said the acting deputy representative of Unicef ​​in Mali, Macoura Oularé. The goal is, according to her, to meet the massive needs generated by the pandemic.
In this regard, the interventions of the two agencies aim to offer cash transfers to 69,000 households or about 415,000 individuals, explained the representative of Unicef ​​in Mali.
38,715 households of which 7,563 from EPC groups will be reached in the regions of Koulikoro, Sikasso, Ségou and in Commune III of the District of Bamako, she said.

Intervening to situate the project in its context, the coordinator of the “Jigisemejiri” social safety net program thanked Unicef ​​and Pam for the confidence placed in his Project. For Mohamed Ali Sacko, the implementation of “Covid-19 Response” will give hope to thousands of households affected by this pandemic in Mali. “Similarly to the government program, an appeal was made to the various partners to provide their responses to the response plan to fight this pandemic in our country.
In this context, Unicef ​​and Pam have set up in three Sahelian countries an assistance program called: Response Covid-19, to face the immediate needs generated by the pandemic, explained the coordinator. To do this, he added, this project is supported by the government’s Emergency Cash Transfer Program.

The objective is to strengthen national social protection systems by stepping up essential support to cushion the social and economic impact of Covid-19 on poor and vulnerable populations, underlined the national director of social protection and the solidarity economy.

This mainly involves promoting household access to basic social services by supporting social protection systems that are more sensitive to nutrition, children and shocks, added Mohamed Bassirou Traoré. is justified by several vulnerability factors, including the municipal poverty index. “The targeting for beneficiaries of the EPC component was done taking into account the results of the study on the poverty index of municipalities and other specific vulnerability factors. The women members of the EPCs were then approached for the collection of personal data with a view to creating individualized SIM cards to strengthen the security of payments ”, developed the head of the DNPSES.

For her part, the mayor of Commune III, Ms. Djiré Mariame Diallo, thanked the partners for the initiative. Addressing the lucky beneficiaries, the councilor urged them to make good use of the funds made available to them.

B. B. C.
Source: L’Esssor

As part of the assistance to vulnerable people affected by the economic consequences of Covid-19, the government of Mali has just kept its promise of assistance with an envelope of support for affected households. The first beneficiary of this fund, Fousseyni Coulibaly, received his envelope last Monday in the city hall from the chief of staff of the Minister of Economy and Finance Fassery Doumbia. At the end of this process, one million households will be concerned for a total amount of 100 billion CFA francs.

This ceremony, in addition to the chief of staff of the Minister of Finance, took place in the presence of the national director of protection, social and solidarity economy, Mohamed Bassirou Traoré, and the political authorities, customary of Commune I.
The remittance of this fund is part of the implementation of the Government Emergency Cash Transfer Program (PGTMU) through the social safety net program. This initiative involves sending a fund of 90,000 CFA F to Orange Money to households already listed and registered in the unified social registers (RSU).
Jigisème Yiri Social Safety Net Program coordinator Mahmoud Ali Sacko explained that the total number of beneficiaries in the capital is expected to reach 124,607 households. “Of this objective, 31,025 beneficiaries will be affected by this first wave of payment. These are households registered in the RSU and which have been investigated. Collection operations for the other beneficiary households will resume as of next week as surveys continue, monetary payments will also follow. We hope to complete the payment of all Bamako beneficiaries by the end of April 2021, ”he added.
For the other localities of the country, the arrangements are underway and the first payments in the regions are expected for the month of March 2021.
The coordinator said he was convinced that the success of this operation will depend a lot on the availability and commitment of community leaders from neighborhoods, villages, association and religious leaders and municipal officials who are involved in all phases of the project. ‘surgery.
Aicha Touré of Orange Finances was especially pleased with the choice made on Orange to be a partner in this project and Orange Money as a method of payment. She assured that with nearly 90,000 points nationwide, the beneficiaries of this assistance will be able to easily carry out their operation.
The Chief of Staff of the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, Fassery Doumbia added that with the delivery of this first transfer, the government of Mali is keeping its promise to poor and vulnerable households in the country to provide substantial support. to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This reflects the importance that the government attaches to this vast program of social assistance to populations bruised and affected by the effects of the disease,” said the chief of staff.
It should be noted that the overall cost of this operation amounts to 100 billion CFA francs, more reason for the mayor of commune I and the beneficiaries to welcome this initiative.
Kassoum Thera
Source: Aujourd’Hui-Mali

We announced to you, in our edition N ° 5487 of Monday January 17, 2021, that the operation of financial subsidies to poor and vulnerable households still held and even that the payment of said subsidies could begin on Monday January 18, 2021. Well, as is ‘he had promised, the Government of Mali proceeded, this Monday, January 18, 2021 at the town hall of commune I of the district of Bamako, to launch the payment operations of the “ Governmental Program of Emergency Monetary Transfers” (PGTMU), intended for poor and vulnerable households as part of response measures to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The least we can say is that Malians will be particularly interested in the PGTMU insofar as it is common knowledge that, due to the landlocked situation and also the low rate of industrialization of their country, Malian populations, both urban and rural, are seriously facing economic and financial difficulties that the COVID-19 pandemic has further accentuated.
To put it mildly, we would readily concede that since the appearance of COVID-19, under our skies, the public authorities, both those before the coup d’état and those after, have spared no effort to support pandemic response measures. We remember that before the putsch, the then Head of State, IBK, and the government decided to take certain social measures as a response to the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To this end, the President of the Republic, IBK, addressed the Nation on Friday April 10, 2020, to announce certain social measures in order to lessen the negative effect of this pandemic on the Malian economy. Among these social measures, the Head of State announced: “towards the most fragile layers, the following measures are taken:

• Coverage for the months of April and May 2020, of electricity and water bills for categories falling under the so-called social brackets, that is to say the most deprived.
• Exemption from Value Added Tax on electricity and water bills, of all consumers, for the months of April, May and June 2020 … “.

In addition to these response measures which directly affect the household economy, the Malian authorities had made major efforts as part of the national response policy to the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts include the free distribution of food to poor populations; the making and distribution of masks as part of the “un malien, un masque” program.

We can easily see that, despite the difficult economic situation in the country and which has been made more precarious with the appearance of COVID-19, the Malian authorities have not skimped on the means of response, starting with awareness raising. populations with regard to the application and respect of barrier measures. We should therefore welcome the fact, despite the change of regime last August, that the new authorities have opted for continuity in the response program to the COVID-19 pandemic.

El Hadj Mamadou GABA
Source: Le Soir De Bamako