Last update March, 2005

GAM/00/002 – Fight Against Social and Economic Exclusion (FASE) -

FASE is a three-year programme funded by the UNDP and executed by the ILO. FASE supports UNDP's development objective to improve the socio-economic status of vulnerable groups particularly women and youth in the urban, rural and periurban areas, while ensuring participatory planning and improved management of development activities. Recognising the need to focus on enhancing the human capital of the poor, the mandate of the programme is to:

• Strengthen community responses to poverty;

• Promote the participation of the poor in their own development; and

• Foster national policies favourable to the poor.

The FASE programme operates in four divisions: Upper River Division (URD), Central River Division North (CRD-North), Western Division (WD) and the Greater Banjul Area (GBA). The national counterpart for the programme is the Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs (DOSFEA), and the Strategy for Poverty Alleviation Coordinating Office (SPACO) is responsible for overall Coordination. (more)