Gestion participative et décentralisation démocratique

The document examines the management of the Samori forest in Baye, Mali, analyzing the roles of the state, the NGO SOS Sahel GB, and local communities. It concludes that while technical capacities have improved, the management is not 'democratic' because power remains centralized with the state and the NGO, with no downward accountability to local populations.

• The management of the Samori forest is characterized by a lack of democratic decentralization, as there is no 'downward accountability' from the state or managing entities to the local populations.
• The NGO SOS Sahel GB acts as the dominant power in the participatory management model, creating 'neo-traditional' structures that lack genuine autonomy and are primarily accountable upward to the NGO rather than to the community.
• Despite legal frameworks for decentralization, the Malian state maintains a monopoly over environmental management, refusing to transfer actual decision-making powers or forest domains to local communes.
• The 'neo-traditional' management approach used by SOS Sahel GB is criticized as a form of 'provoked participation' that uses nostalgic references to pre-colonial customs to justify current interventions without reflecting modern socio-cultural realities.
• While the participatory approach has failed to transfer power, it has successfully increased local technical capacities, leading to the protection of 39,000 hectares of forest in Zérémendougou and the establishment of nurseries.
• The local communal council in Baye is currently powerless and acts as a 'spectator' because the state has not officially transferred the forest's status or management competencies to the commune.

APA

Kassibo, B. (2002). Gestion participative et décentralisation démocratique. World Resources Institute. http://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/eaa_decent_kassibo_french.pdf

Chicago

Kassibo, Bréhima. Gestion participative et décentralisation démocratique. World Resources Institute, 2002. http://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/eaa_decent_kassibo_french.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kassibo2002gestion, author = {Kassibo, Bréhima}, title = {{Gestion participative et décentralisation démocratique}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2002}, month = feb, url = {http://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/eaa_decent_kassibo_french.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }