MOBILIZING DEVELOPMENT

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Maty Mint Hamady
Mayor
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Maty Mint Hamady was elected as Mayor of Nouakchott,
Mauritania’s capital city, in February 2014. Maty Mint
Hamady is the first woman to take the reins of an Arab
or Islamic capital. She is heading the governing board
of the urban community of Nouakchott consisting of 37
delegates from nine municipalities. Prior to becoming
the Mayor of Nouakchott, Maty Mint Hamady served as
Minister of Public Services between 2011 and 2014.
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SHOWCASE:
Legal name
Communauté Urbaine de
Nouakchott
Sector
Municipality
Headquarter location Nouakchott, Mauritania
Founding year
Capital of Mauritania since
1960
Number of citizens 1,000,000
Website
www.cun.mr
The Urban Community of Nouakchott has put in place
a solar lighting project in public places. It was the first
institution in Mauritania to implement such a project.
Based on this initiative, the Mauritanian government has
launched a solar lighting project for urban roads in the
entire capital city of Nouakchott, which makes up a third
of the country’s population.
The Urban Community of Nouakchott has initiated a
series of actions to establish a strategic framework for
sustainable development at city level. In this context,
on June 18, 2015, the Urban Council of Nouakchott
adopted resolution 12/2015 containing general policies
to direct the city of Nouakchott towards the path of
sustainable development.