| This is possibly the most ambitious project financed by the European Community in Algeria. The overall Project budget is 70 MEuro, of which 50 MEuro is EU funding, 10 Meuro the contribution of the Algerian Government, and 10 Meuro from project beneficiaries and local authorities in NE Algeria.
The main objective of the project is to improve the socio-economic quality of life for people living in the 50 poorest villages/communes in the North East region, which are distributed over six districts. The project is designed to support the process of sustainable local development in the villages and to develop local initiatives through building on peoples’ strengths and creating new income generating activities. The project has four main fields of intervention:
- The creation and support of strategies for local development.
- Improvement of the socio-economic local infrastructure (an investment fund is available for selected projects).
- Promotion of income-generating activities (through micro credit and business support services).
- Capacity building for local institutions.
WYG International has established a Project Support Unit (PSU) that supports the Agency for Social Development (ADS) and its operational arm with technical and financial management and monitoring during the implementation of the project. The PSU comprises four long-term experts: an international expert in the management of socio-economic development, who is the Director of the PSU; an international expert responsible for the development of income-generating activities and micro-credit; another international community-development expert; and one local expert specialising in accounting and the management of projects.
Under this Programme WYG International are managing the preparation and implementation of over 350 projects, working with regional authorities and municipalities. Over 200 projects are in the field of municipal infrastructure development. 
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