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CIM ON SITE. ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Éminence grise in Madagascar
The context Since the change of government in 2002, change is in the air in Madagascar. But the island state still needs assistance from abroad for the implementation of reforms.
Objective With international support, the Government is seeking to introduce reforms to improve administration, infrastructure and health, fight corruption and strengthen rural areas.
CIM assignment A CIM expert is there to support the President of Madagascar and his ministers as their personal advisor on all economic, political and administrative issues.
Financing CIM and the Bavarian Ministry of Economics are sharing the costs for the CIM expert’s assignment.
It was the President himself who made the request: during his visit to Germany in January 2003, in talks at the Bavarian Ministry of Economics, the Malagasy head of state, Marc Ravalomanana, expressed his interest in having a personal advisor from Germany. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supported the request and asked CIM to place a highly qualified administrative and political expert in Madagascar with Bavarian co-financing.
Joachim Ensslin has been advising the presidential offices and relevant ministries in the African island country since June 2003. The demand for consulting and advisory services is immense and involves issues such as decentralisation, efficient municipal administration, infrastructure improvement, and also international contacts and incentives for investors. The highest priority of the government, which is open to reform, is good governance and the elimination of corruption. First successes include the establishment of an anti-corruption council, the passing of land tenure reform legislation, and the creation of the related legal security – for foreign investors, too. In addition, Ensslin, a former mayor of a German city and Managing Director of the Munich trade fair, is to establish contacts between the Malagasy Government and German industry, administration, science and politics.
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