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The European Union promotes the return of public services and economic recovery through the opening up of the CAR regions

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The European Union promotes the return of public services and economic recovery through the opening up of the CAR regions

Posted on Monday, December 3, 2018 | EUROPEAN UNION

The project to open up Central African regions was officially launched yesterday in Bimbo in the presence of the President of the Republic, Pr. Faustin-Archange Touadéra, and the Director-General for Development and International Cooperation of the European Commission, Stefano Manservisi.

Funded by the EU via the #Bekou Fund topped by € 7 million and implemented by Expertise France, the project aims to open up the RCA through the installation of metal bridges.

"Building bridges is like building links," said DG Manservisi. "This project is a great turning point for the country: connecting the regions, connecting Bangui to the rest of the country, with a tangible improvement in the living conditions of the people who live in the country. will have easier access to markets, basic services and human exchanges between them.The common objective is to contribute to the development of the regions of the country, but also to the strengthening of its unity, of its feeling of country and nation, of its living together through mobility and the free movement of people, goods and values ??".

For the Minister of Economy and Planning, Felix Moloua, after the approval in June 2017, concrete steps have been taken to officially launch the project to open up and facilitate the development and creation of conditions conducive to the return of refugees. refugees and displaced persons.

"A result of all the efforts of Europeans in the Central African Republic": for the Ambassador of France in the Central African Republic, Éric Gérard, the project will allow the construction of bridges to facilitate the free circulation of the waterways with a view to a better connection with the population.

A metal bridge element was handed over by DG Manservisi to the President of the Republic, symbolically marking the launch of the project which will also see in its implementation the development of the capabilities acquired by the Central African military engineers through the training provided. by the EUTM.

Launched in July 2014, the Bekou Trust Fund is funded by the European Commission, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland.