Association pour la Gestion de l'Environnement et le Développement

The Association pour la Gestion de l'Environnement et le Développement (AGED) is a Burkinabè non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the socio-economic conditions of rural communities. According to its official website, AGED has been active since 1989, focusing its actions primarily on rural populations to achieve more impactful natural resource management. Its stated purpose is to train and support rural communities, helping them structure themselves through awareness-raising actions. AGED describes several fields of intervention. In natural resource management and climate change, it positions itself as a reference actor linking natural resource management to exploitation activities. It also works on resilience and conflict management, presenting itself as a key actor in the management of conflicts and crises. Through a value-chain and fair-trade approach, it supports agro-sylvo-pastoral production carried out by increasingly structured small Burkinabè family farms. In water, hygiene and sanitation, it intervenes in the development and management of small hydraulic works. It also conducts actions in the renewable energy sector. The organization publishes performance indicators. For 2022, its website lists figures for regions covered, hectares of degraded land recovered, direct beneficiaries reached, plants produced, women trained and composting units built, although the exact numeric values are not reproduced here. Its vision is twofold: internally, AGED aims to be "an innovative association for effective advisory support to rural populations"; for the populations, it envisions "a rural population better trained for socio-economic development in balance with natural resources." Its strategic objective is to promote equitable access to natural resources and participation. AGED's missions include accompanying the structuring and development process of rural populations while valuing their diversity; influencing political and economic decisions in the country regarding natural resource management in order to significantly improve rural populations' living standards; and stimulating the economic, social and cultural promotion of rural populations through their free and responsible participation in the qualitative transformation of their environment. The organization presents itself as a partner for donors and collaborators and solicits donations to support its work. It communicates about its activities, including a 44-day activism campaign against gender-based violence (VBG).

The Association pour la Gestion de l'Environnement et le Développement (AGED) states on its official website that its actions have been primarily centered on rural populations since 1989, aiming for more impactful natural resource management. The organization is described in Wikidata as an environmental and developmental NGO in Burkina Faso. Its work has developed across several fields: natural resource management and climate change, resilience and conflict management, value-chain and fair-trade approaches, water, hygiene and sanitation, and renewable energy. AGED presents itself as an innovative association providing effective advisory support to rural populations, with a vision of a rural population better trained for socio-economic development in balance with natural resources. It reports performance indicators for 2022 covering regions, degraded land recovered, direct beneficiaries, plants produced, women trained and composting units realized. It also communicates about recent activities, including a 44-day activism campaign against gender-based violence (VBG).

• 2022

  AGED reports performance indicators for 2022, including regions covered, degraded land recovered, direct beneficiaries, plants produced, women trained and composting units realized.

• 1989

  AGED states that its actions have been primarily centered on rural populations since 1989.

A Burkinabè NGO positioning itself as a reference actor linking natural resource management to exploitation activities and as a key actor in conflict and crisis management, focused on rural populations.

• Natural resource management and climate change

  AGED positions itself as a reference actor linking natural resource management to exploitation activities.

• Resilience and conflict management

  AGED intervenes as a key actor in the management of conflicts and crises.

• Value-chain and fair trade

  AGED supports agro-sylvo-pastoral production by increasingly structured small Burkinabè family farms.

• Water, hygiene and sanitation

  AGED intervenes in the development and management of small hydraulic works.

• Renewable energy

  AGED conducts actions in the renewable energy sector.

1. 1ONG AGED – Améliorer les conditions socio-économiques des communautés ruralesagedburkina.org
2. 2A propos – ONG AGEDagedburkina.org
3. 3Wikidata Q135831510wikidata.org