At the invitation of the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Burkina Faso, Burkinabè journalists took part in a press café at the residence of the ambassador in Burkina Faso. On the agenda, the Netherlands’ vision of cooperation in Burkina Faso. Journalists and ambassador officials shared coffee and a few croissants in an enchanting setting while discussing cooperation between Burkina Faso and the Netherlands.
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“For us, having a relationship with Burkina Faso means having a relationship with all levels of society, including journalists,” said Esther Loeffen, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Burkina Faso, at the start of the discussions. Faso to explain to journalists one of the reasons for their presence in his residence for the press café. This is especially true since in her speech, she made it known that the Dutch cooperation strategy in Burkina Faso responds to an integrated and holistic approach.
“In many African countries, we were only involved in development and development cooperation. We really want to go beyond that. Let’s say that we want to move towards holistic bilateral relations, integrated with all aspects at each level between the two countries. This is what we are aiming for, because we cannot do this alone,” said the ambassador.
Thus, Esther Loeffen admitted that for the specific case of Burkina, cooperation is focused on combining stability and development. This orientation, she argued, is linked to the security context that the country is currently going through. You are aware that since 2015, the country has been going through a serious, unprecedented security crisis.
Esther Loeffen made it known: “We are really aware of the situation in your country, so we really tried to be useful and contribute to the stability and development of your country.” To do this with regard to the development aspect, it is for the Dutch representation to contribute to the development of local economies. “We would like to use the word self-development here. It’s really important because it fits into the government dynamic which talks about endogenous development,” said Ambassador Loeffen.
Esther Loeffen, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Burkina Faso
The ambassador thus indicated that the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Burkina Faso makes its contribution in the area of food security, water, energy, the environment, the self-employment of young rural people especially and the health specifically at the community level. Overall, since 2019 the embassy has built a solar power plant in 2023 in Tenkodogo. A power station which provides electricity to 19,000 households, builds boreholes for drinking water, two health districts near Bobo-Dioulasso with a capacity of 150 beds per district, etc.
The embassy also plans to build a university hospital center in Fada. This is, among other things, what the head of Dutch cooperation Van D’en Bosch cited in a non-exhaustive manner. In terms of stability, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands addresses the root causes of the crisis, namely helping the country make water available for all and helping to achieve food security. All this in agreement with the government, the populations and its various partners in an integrated and holistic approach.
Finally, she said that the Dutch embassy maintains good relations with the Transitional authorities. She insisted on the fact that the Dutch representation in Burkina is in a good position to cooperate with the government, but also with all layers of Burkinabe society.
Hamadou OUEDRAOGO
Burkina 24
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