Within its advocacy work, HOPE’87-Senegal established a working contact between its long term local partner in the Moyenne Casamance, UGCIVD (General Union of Inter-Village Development), with the USAID programme “Economic Growth”. This programme strives to accelerate the economic growth of Senegal and to increase trade and competitiveness, by providing technical expertise and assistance aimed at private enterprise development. Amongst others, the focus is on the improvement of the commercialisation of traditional agricultural products.