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During the The fourth edition of the Salon des collectivités territoriales in Abidjan, held from Abidjan concluded on October 15 to 17, 2026, with local leaders advocating for increased autonomy and officials addressed resource allocation for territorial authorities. A key recommendation emerging from the necessity of empowering regional and municipal governments. Discussions centered on summit was the transfer of competencies from call to increase the state share of national resources transferred to local authorities. governments to 20%. Participants argued this funding is vital to support transferred competencies in economic development, sanitation, and road maintenance. This builds on previous warnings from Senate President Kandia Camara Camara, who noted that transferring responsibilities without adequate financial, human, financial or material resources means leaves promises unfulfilled. Participants emphasized that local governments require these means to manage infrastructure, such as road maintenance, and Regional perspectives were central to improve public services. The Abidjan Legacy Program (ALP) also held a panel discussion focused on the long-term sustainability discussions. The Mayor of development projects. Coordinator Binta Touré N’Djamena presented urban transformation models involving sanitary police initiatives and other speakers argued that citizen engagement programs. Meanwhile, leaders from Guinea emphasized the necessity of revising local authorities must move beyond merely receiving externally designed projects government codes to actively participating in their conception, execution, reduce administrative hurdles and monitoring. Regarding environmental policy, Winny Yawo Dogbatsè, an advisor to the Regional Forum of Mayors, advocated address delays in fund disbursement that currently hinder infrastructure development. Environmental policy remained a priority, with continued calls for African municipalities to have direct and equitable access to climate financing. He recommended Representatives argued that communes be integrated into national planning and provided with local authorities are essential actors in the technical planning and institutional support required to implement climate action plans. implementation of environmental strategies.