Burundi

Since 1980, the ILO has been assisting the Government, under a multisectoral programme, in carrying out communal road construction and improvement using labour-based methods. With UNDP funding and multi-bilateral funds (from Belgium and KfW - Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau Germany), the ILO has also helped the Government to organize a training programme for local contractors and to execute about 200 km of feeder road rehabilitation and maintenance. However, most project activities have come to a halt because of the current political instability in the country.

A programme on economic and social integration of young people in Burundi which has a component on employment-intensive works was formulated and presented to donors in 1999.

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