National workshop on capacity building for local elected officials to take into account territorial issues within the framework of the Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP) in Senegal.
2025-05-28 08:00 - 2025-05-29 17:00 UTC | hotel Azalai, Dakar, Senegal
The national workshop for strengthening the capacities of local elected officials to take territorial issues into account within the framework of the Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP) in Senegal will take place on May 28 and 29, 2025, at Azalai Hotel in Dakar starting at 8:00 AM.
The goal of this forum organized by CRADESC is to enhance the capacities of local elected officials for better consideration of territorial issues in the implementation of the JETP in Senegal.
The meeting will see the participation of representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Oil and Mines, the Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition, the Ministry of Agriculture, local authorities, the Association of Mayors of Senegal/AMS, the Network of Local Elected Officials for Climate Justice, civil society organizations, SMEs, economic operators, academic and research institutions, technical and financial partners, and the media.

Capacity building workshop for journalists on just energy transition in Senegal
2025-07-03 | Babacar Touré Press House, Dakar, Senegal
An important capacity-building workshop for journalists on the just energy transition will be held on July 3, 2025, at the House of the Press in Dakar.
Forty journalists from Dakar and the regions are invited to this event, which aims to make media professionals essential players in a fair energy transition. This activity is part of the Capacity Building Project for Non-State Actors (RECANE) for a just energy transition in Senegal.
The workshop is organized in partnership with the House of the Press, the Center for Studies of Information Sciences and Techniques (CESTI), and Action for Climate Justice (ACF – a key partner of CRADESC in the RECANE project).

Founding General Assembly of the cooperative society of beekeeping actors from the communes of Diossong, Sokone, and Toubacouta
2025-07-03 | Toubacouta, Toubacouta, Senegal
The CRADESC continues its activities to support local organizations in the Saloum delta to strengthen their economic resilience, in partnership with the Ford Foundation. To this end, the Center will facilitate the holding of the Constitutive General Assembly of the cooperative society of beekeeping actors from the municipalities of Diossong, Sokone, and Toubacouta on July 3, 2025, in Toubacouta.
The objective is to establish a cooperative society.
Expected at this meeting are honey GIEs and processors, decentralized services, development partners, the representative of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the delta, as well as the Mayor of the municipality of Toubacouta.

Training on advocacy and workshop for developing a communication strategy to strengthen the resilience of the communities of the Saloum Delta, July 8 and 9 in Foundiougne.
2025-07-08 | Foundiougne, Foundiougne
It targets local actors engaged in the fight against oil exploitation. It will be followed the next day by the development of a communication strategy for the steering committee responsible for coordinating and energizing sustainable development initiatives in the Delta du Saloum.
These activities, organized successively in partnership with Ford Foundation and ETF, are part of a policy aimed at strengthening the resilience of the communities in the Saloum Delta threatened by the extraction of oil from Sangomar and climate change.

Community forum on the social appropriation of the Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP) in Senegal in the Saloum delta on July 17. A community forum on the challenges and perspectives of the social appropriation of the Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP) in Senegal in the Delta du Saloum will be held on July 18, 2025, in the Fatick.
2025-07-18
A community forum on the challenges and prospects of the social appropriation of the Partnership for a Just Energy Transition (JETP) in Senegal’s Saloum Delta will be held on July 18, 2025, in the Fatick region.
The goal is to promote the social appropriation of the just energy transition process by local communities in the Saloum Delta through inclusive and participatory dialogue and to strengthen local actors’ participation in governance mechanisms of the energy transition.
Following the Saint-Louis region, this forum is the second of its kind focused on community inclusion.
The workshop is organized in partnership with the African Climate Foundation (ACF) as part of the capacity-building project for non-state actors to implement the JETP in Senegal.

Constitutive general assembly of the cooperative society of oyster farming actors from the communes of Fimela, Joal, and Palmarin on October 30, 2025, in Palmarin.
2025-10-30
As part of its activities supporting the structuring of farmers’ organizations, CRADESC will facilitate the holding of the constitutive general assembly of the cooperative society of oyster farmers from the municipalities of Fimela, Joal, and Palmarin on October 30 in Palmarin.
This meeting will bring together organizations working in the harvesting, processing, and sale of seafood; individual producers; administrative authorities; and many other stakeholders.

Kédougou: Community Forum on the Just Energy Transition as part of the RECANE project
2025-12-23
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The Kédougou region will host a community forum on December 23, 2025, organized as part of the project Strengthening the Capacities of Non-State Actors (RECANE) for the implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in Senegal.
This meeting aims to promote social ownership of the just energy transition process by local communities in southeastern Senegal, encouraging dialogue, information sharing, and participation of the various stakeholders involved.
The forum will bring together representatives from local authorities, mining companies and cooperatives, gold panners, farmers’ organizations and livestock associations, women and youth from rural areas, decentralized technical services, as well as researchers, students, and regional institutions.
The RECANE project is implemented by CRADESC, in partnership with the African Climate Foundation (ACF).

Foundiougne: Capacity Building Workshop for Fishermen on the Issues and Risks Related to SANGOMAR Oil Exploitation
2025-12-23 | Foundiougne, Foundiougne
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A capacity-building workshop for fishermen on the issues and risks related to the exploitation of SANGOMAR oil will be held on December 23 in Foundiougne.
This meeting aims to strengthen the knowledge and engagement of fishing communities on the issues and risks associated with the exploitation of the Sangomar oil project in order to promote sustainable fishing, environmental protection, and the defense of the socio-economic rights of local populations.
It will bring together artisanal fishermen, fish traders, processors, representatives of technical services, community organizations (GIE, local associations), NGOs, and projects involved in fishing.
The workshop is organized by CRADESC in partnership with the ETF Foundation.
