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    • In the news: Mali donor conference

    Mali eyes billion-dollar funding target

    The Brussels donor conference for Mali kicks off with a bang, as co-hosts France and the European Union cite big numbers to support the $5.5 billion recovery plan approved for the West African country.

    By Johanna Morden // 15 May 2013
    European Commission President José Manuel Barroso greets Dioncounda Traoré, ad interim president of Mali, May 14 in Brussels, a day before the donor conference for the African country. Photo by: European Union

    The Donor Conference for Development in Mali opened on Wednesday in Brussels with fresh pledges from co-hosts France and the European Union to feed the war-torn country’s €1.9 billion ($2.5 billion) development needs.

    Ahead of the event, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced €520 million in financial asissance for Mali, while French officials promised another €280 million in support of a plan drawn up by the Malian government for the “sustainable recovery” of the West African country from 2013-2014.

    The two host countries — in collaboration with the local government — aim to cull more financial, as well as technical, pledges from the over 100 national delegations attending the conference.

    More pledges

    So far the following countries have come forward:

    • Canada: $75 million for access to food, health services and assistance, as well as $10 million for an African-led support mission until a U.N. contingent can be finalized 

    • Turkey: $2 million, excluding another $750,000 for security and $250,000 for police training in Turkey

    • Norway: €5 million for election development, with a promise of the relaunch of bilateral programs including that for food security costing €10 million annually

    • Greece: €50,000, despite budgetary constraints

    • Kuwait: $60 million, with $50 million as concessional loan and $10 million as grant

    • Austria: €1.25 million in humanitarian assistance and €700,000 for development assistance

    • Australia: No additional funding committed but pledged to play its part in contributing to food security and in sharing experience in the mining sector

    Road to recovery

    According to the plan, Mali’s rehabilitation will cost about €4.3 billion euros, €1.9 billion of which is expected to come from international donors, under the following structural elements:

    • Consolidation of good governance and greater economic integration.

    • Development of the economic infrastructures for road, rail, power and telecommunications.

    • Construction of an integrated industrial sector.

    • Development of human resources in healthcare and education.

    • Establishment of a partnership to mobilize resources and monitor evaluation.

    It also lists twelve priority themes for immediate support:

    1. Peace, security and public services.

    2. Response for humanitarian emergencies and the implications of the crisis.

    3. Credible and transparent elections.

    4. Decentralization and public service reform.

    5. Improved judicial system and fight against corruption.

    6. Public finance reform.

    7. Strengthening the private sector and agriculture, and investing in infra-structure and youth employment.

    8. Education.

    9. Access to quality health services.

    10. Support cultural projects.

    11. Promote the role of women in all sectors.

    12. Integrate environmentalism into policies and strategies.

    A main focus for the plan is the national election to be held in July — the first time Malians will be able to vote since the internal strife that began in January 2012, when Muslim extremists with links to al-Qaida took control of most of the northern part of the country and sparked a crisis that only ended last January after a U.N.-backed military intervention by France, the former colonial power.

    The U.N. refugee agency in April renewed a $144 million plea for the welfare and the basic needs of hundreds of thousands of Malian refugees in the neighboring countries of Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Niger, as well as over 300,000 internally displaced people in Mali.

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    • Johanna Morden

      Johanna Morden

      Johanna Morden is a community development worker by training and a global development journalist by profession. As a former Devex staff writer based in Manila, she covered the Asian Development Bank as well as Asia-Pacific's aid community at large. Johanna has written for a variety of international publications, covering social issues, disasters, government, ICT, business, and the law.

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