Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritania's Minister of Mines and Industry on Wednesday afternoon, 11 November 2026, launched in Rosso the consultations on the second phase of the emergency programme for universal access to essential services for local development in Trarza region, the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI) reported.
The minister said Trarza received an envelope of about 26 billion old ouguiyas in the programme's first phase, used to fund 96 projects and interventions across the region's departments, and that work is 70.56% complete.
He acknowledged that some projects are still delayed, citing factors including soil conditions, difficulties linked to the conditions of execution and some interventions not reaching their target sites, and said efforts are continuing to address these problems and complete the remaining projects, according to the agency.
The consultations aim to assess the results of the first phase, identify development needs and set the priorities for the second phase, due to start in early 2027, by involving citizens and local elected officials in choosing the most urgent projects.
The minister urged elected officials and local actors to present their requests clearly and in order of priority so that the most urgent can be included in the 2027 programme within available means, stressing that projects will be selected on the basis of fairness and equity among departments.
The opening was attended by the governor of Trarza, an adviser at the Presidency, an adviser at the Prime Minister's Office, the president of the Trarza regional council, and mayors, prefects and members of parliament from the region, AMI said.
