Missions and values

Missions

The Municipal Development Agency (ADM) was created in 1997 by the shared will of the State and the Association of Mayors of Senegal (AMS). A non-profit association governed by Law No. 68.08 of 26 March on the Code of Civil and Commercial Obligations of Senegal, the Agency was established following the 1996 regionalisation reform, with a view to helping strengthen decentralisation and local development in Senegal.

Closely linked to the formulation of the Municipal Support Programme (PAC), of which it was a fundamental implementation clause, ADM’s general mission is to undertake any action likely to ensure better municipal development, through the City Contract.

As a framework valued by the State, local governments and development partners, the city contract was to enable ADM to carry out its statutory missions:

• Facilitate the recovery of the economic and financial situation of municipalities;
• Mobilise financing for the benefit of municipalities;
• Promote delegated management of urban services;
• Strengthen the capacities of administrations to support local project ownership;
• Implement any programme entrusted to it; and
• Carry out a communication policy to promote awareness of the Agency’s action among populations and municipal officials.

Values and principles

To fulfil its mission, ADM promotes values and principles that are embedded in the organisation’s culture, notably in its attitudes and approaches to intervention. They bring together and bind the organisation and all its members.

Values:

• Solidarity, which expresses awareness and acceptance of a shared destiny and interest that morally binds people to one another;
• Equity, which takes account of specificities and disparities of situation, while affirming the same recognition, the same rights and the same obligations for all;
• Integrity, which requires strict observance of rules of moral, intellectual and professional integrity;

Principles:

• Participation, which enables everyone to be involved in collective action aligned with diverse aspirations and projects;
• Transparency, which guarantees information, communication and accountability on decisions, acts and procedures, in accessible and appropriate formats;
• Effectiveness, which requires seeking and delivering, within the agreed timeframe, results at least consistent with the objectives pursued and the expected performance.