![]() The new year started under this new governance set-up, with some more political stability and some optimism among civil society. Luckily, the crisis was resolved peacefully, a transitional government was put in place and a regional and international crisis was avoided. Eventually, a coup d’état took place in fall, generating a trimester of political turmoil which caused even more delay in the implementation of some project activities. The political elections in spring generated even more protests among the population, making traveling to Bamako difficult and giving some higher uncertainty to local partners. In the first half of the year serious protests and strikes by teachers have almost paralyzed the public education sector, making it very hard to pursue the collaboration with local authorities for strengthening the capacity of Lycée Professionel Sangha, one of the beneficiaries of the project. In addition, 2020 has been a troubled year for all of Mali. Nevertheless, the area of Pays-Dogon remains inaccessible for European travelers and a difficult area also for Malian citizens, demanding a flexible approach in activities’ planning and management. During 2020, and in particular in its second half, violent attacks have become less frequent and some initiatives of community dialogue between ethnic groups are taking place with encouraging results. The region of Mopti, where Pays-Dogon is located, has been afflicted by high insecurity, with terrorist attacks and episodes of banditry, since 2011. Malian context: political crisis and insecurityīesides the pandemic, the major obstacles of project implementation have been the insecurity in the region of Mopti and the general political instability that troubled all Mali in 2020. At the end of 2020 there was a spike in infections in Bamako, requiring some exceptional measures for almost a couple of months, but without too many repercussions in the rural area of Pays-Dogon and the project. Luckily the COVID situation in Mali has been generally under control, allowing local partners and experts to continue some of the activities as originally planned. The restrictive measures put in place at national and international level have forced project partners to shift online some activities and to postpone those which still required attendance in person, causing some delays in project implementation. The official kick-off of the project, held in Bamako at end-February 2020, was officially the last occasion for project partners to gather and meet in person. The global crisis related to COVID-19 pandemic started shortly after the beginning of project DJAM in Mali. These issues in Mali have made it difficult to move ahead with DJAM, but the partners have been resilient throughout and moved ahead with the project in 2020 and went full speed ahead in Q1 of 2021. In 2020,Covid-19 was added to this list of insecurities. Mali has been troubled for many years by political instability and conflict. Communities are standing strong in Mali with help of project DJAM 15-03-2021
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