 PROFILE |
 THE INSTITUTION |
Ever since the early days of independence, the Ivorian Government had taken measures aimed at restoring its natural vegetation, by establishing the Société de Développement de Plantations Forestières (SODEFOR) in September 1966, operating as a State-owned company. SODEFOR later underwent several changes stemming from a State-owned company status to a "trade and industry" public enterprise (i.e. Etablissement Public a caractère Industriel et Commercial (EPIC)).
During these periods, SODEFOR's main objectives
had always been the creation of forest plantations
(reforestation). Sequel to a management audit of
the forestry sector in 1991, SODEFOR's nomenclature
became changed to La Société de
Développement de Forets, reverting once
again to State-owned company status. From then on,
it served as one major instrument for the implementation
of the Government's policy on forestry. SODEFOR
which solely runs forests classified as permanent
national forestry zones, comes under the dual supervision
of both the Ministry of Economy & Finance and
the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. |
| ITS MISSION |
SODEFOR's mission as defined in the decree restructuring it in 1993, is to participate in the development and implementation of the Government's policy in terms of enriching the national forestry legacies, developing the forestry production, improving the quality of forest products and the protection of forestry zones. To accomplish this, SODEFOR must manage and equip the forests and reserves entrusted to its care by the State, in accordance with general and specific agreements. It must also design and implement models for managing and executing the Plan Directeur Forestier de la Côte d'Ivoire (i.e. Forestry management plan of Côte d'Ivoire) and gradually be able to fund itself through regional development activities.
Other objectives of SODEFOR include the execution and/or seeing to the execution of all works relating to the maintenance, equipment or restoration of public or private forest reserves. It also aims at assisting in better organising the forest zones under its management and improving its know-how abroad.
These activities can be sub-divided into three major objectives, namely: a heritage mission, a public service mission and a business mission.
| ORIGINAL AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES |
To successfully carry out its mission, SODEFOR adopted three strategies viz.: decentralisation, co-management and sub-contracting. |
