In the late 1990s a pilot operation in the River Senegal delta introduced an innovative support tool for local authorities, known as Land Use and Allocation Plans (POAS) as an innovative support tool for local authorities. Conceived as a highly participatory tool that can be easily integrated into existing institutional frameworks, the ‘POAS approach’ is now well established across the sub-region and has helped legitimise the shared use of certain spaces (particularly sylvo-pastoral areas) – something that was widely regarded as incompatible with ‘modern’ development when it was first introduced.

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