ECA supports Niger in harnessing the demographic dividend

Dosso, Niger, 15 April 2026 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA), is providing technical support to Niger in organizing a strategic workshop in Dosso.

This initiative aims to strengthen national capacities for monitoring the demographic dividend and integrating Demographic Dividend-Sensitive Budgeting (DDSB) into planning and budget programming processes.

From April 8 to 13, national experts will work on three major areas:

Updating the Demographic Dividend Monitoring Synthetic Index (DDMI) - by collecting and updating indicators based on the most recent data, with backcasting or extrapolation through 2025;

Post-2020 budget transformation - by converting conventional budgets using a demographic dividend-sensitive approach;

Analyzing results achieved for operationalizing the DDSB approach - to sustainably embed this methodology into Niger's planning and budget programming tools.

This workshop is part of the implementation of the continental roadmap adopted by African Union Heads of State and Government in 2017, which establishes the capture of the demographic dividend as crucial for driving sustainable development in Africa.

This technical assistance reflects the ECA's ongoing commitment to supporting Niger on its path toward emergence by 2030 and the achievement of the African Union's Agenda 2063 goals.