Chad

Implemented in the Sila region, the project by reinforcing top-down mechanisms with bottom-up solutions, addresses the multiple and interrelated challenges faced by the communities in the region. More specifically, the project aims to:

The African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC) programme Strengthening Policy Making Capacities of African Diaspora Ministries (SEDIMA), which ran from July 2012 to July 2015, aims to contribute to strengthening policy making capacities and practical operations of African government officials serving at the newly-formed Diaspora Ministries and related institutions tasked with overseeing Diaspora and development-related matters.

Chad is a landlocked country at the heart of central Africa and is as vast as France, Germany and Poland taken together. The northern half of the country is in the Sahara region and is home to only 1% of the 9 million Chadians. Three-quarters of the population live in rural areas. In terms of human development indicators, the 2006 UNDP report ranks Chad 171st out of 177 countries. In Chad, 55% of the population – and 88% of women - are considered illiterate, life expectancy in the country is 50 years and the infant mortality rate is 12%.