Programme d'appui à l'artisanat au Burkina Faso (PAA-BF)



Contract partner: MINEFID - Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et du Développement (ehemals: MEF) Country: Burkina Faso Funding amount: € 1.117.544,00 Project start: 01.06.2015 End: 30.06.2019

Short Description:

Overall goal


The project aims at reducing the poverty of crafts people in Burkina Faso by increasing their revenue through support to their small businesses. It consolidates the achievements of previous Austrian funded projects. It is implemented by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Craft in six regions: Boucle du Mouhoun, Centre Ouest, Centre Nord, Hauts Bassins, Nord and Sahel.


The expected results are:

• Improved management and empowerment of professional craft organisations in the chosen industries,

• Improved access to financing mechanisms for c. 2000 crafts people,

• Improved market access for the sale of craft products,

• Strengthened technical, operational and innovation capacities of the small crafts businesses,

• Strengthened human and technical capacities of the Ministry in charge of crafts development,

• Contribution to reducing inequalities between men and women through gender mainstreaming.


Around 2000 women and men in the textile, agri-food and leather chains will be beneficiaries.


To ensure long-term sustainability, the project both promotes the synergy between the various stakeholders and structures supporting the private sector and technical capacity development of the Ministry.


The main partners are the professional craft organisations in the six project regions, the regional directorates of the Ministry, the Chamber of Craft Trades and other support structures to the private sector.

Main activities:

• Supporting the small crafts businesses to increase productivity and their access to financing and markets,

• Technical trainings and information / sensitisation for crafts people and their professional organisations,

• Technical and financial assistance to the production of vulnerable groups to reduce their vulnerability,

• Training for Ministry staff and provision of equipment to increase the Ministry’s operational capacities.

project number 2737-00/2015
source of funding OEZA
sector Industrie und Gewerbe
tied 0
modality Project-type interventions
marker Gender: 1, Poverty: 2, Trade: 2
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
  • Type of Aid – Aid modalities: classifies transfers from the donor to the first recipient of funds such as budget support, core contributions and pooled programmes and funds to CSOs and multilateral organisations, project-type interventions, experts and other technical assistance, scholarships and student costs in donor countries, debt relief, administrative costs and other in-donor expenditures.
  • Purpose/ sector code: classifies the specific area of the recipient’s economic or social structure, funded by a bilateral contribution.
  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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