Réseau d’Appui au Développement Local

What Réseau d’Appui au Développement Local does

RESADEL (Réseau d'Appui au Développement Local) is a Guinea-based, non-profit international solidarity association founded in May 2016 by CIEDEL students at the Université Catholique de Lyon. The organization provides technical advisory, training, and field implementation services to local governments, agricultural cooperatives, women's processing unions, and vulnerable communities across Guinea (Conakry, Kindia, Faranah, N'zérékoré, Boké) and partners with Italian municipalities in Piemonte through decentralized cooperation projects. Its service portfolio spans six intervention domains: decentralization and local governance, food security and agriculture, conflict prevention, capacity building, humanitarian response, and education/gender.

The organization's core deliverables are project-based rather than a discrete technology product. Its methodological backbone comprises 22 adaptable training modules co-developed with CIEDEL, the SAPR (Système d'Alerte Précoce et de Réponse) early warning and rapid response system operationalized across 33 communes in the N'zérékoré forest region, and participatory development frameworks applied through community animators and local development agents. Named project offerings include Distribution Générale des Vivres (COVID-19 emergency food distribution), Coopération Décentralisée et Sécurité Alimentaire, Projet d'Appui à la Gouvernance Locale (PAGL/SAPR), professionalization of market gardening and rice-processing groups in Kissidougou, and solid waste management training. The supporting technology stack is not disclosed; the SAPR and training infrastructure are operationally rather than digitally distinctive.

RESADEL operates a grant-funded business model with no commercial product revenue. Income is generated through contracted project mandates from multilateral development banks (World Bank via ANAFIC), UN agencies (WFP/PNUD), bilateral donors (Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Piemonte Region, ENABEL), and international NGOs acting as prime implementers (APDAM). Engagements are time-bound with defined deliverables and pricing set per project scope. The organization has no disclosed headcount, no public financials, and no equity ownership structure.

Name

Réseau d’Appui au Développement Local

Legal name

Réseau d'Appui au Développement Local

Website

https://resadel.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RESADEL is a Guinea-based non-profit NGO providing technical advisory, training, and field-implementation services to local governments, agricultural cooperatives, and vulnerable communities across Guinea, funded by World Bank, WFP, ENABEL, and Italian institutional donors through project-based grants.

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Product category

International Development Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Community Food Services (624210), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management (BPADALAK), Regional Education Service Agencies (ESAs/BOCES/Intermediate Units) (EDADABAC)

Keywords

• Local development consulting
• Decentralized cooperation services
• Capacity building training
• Food security programming
• Community development NGO

Headquarters

HQ city

Ratoma

HQ country

Guinea

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. International Development Project Grants: RESADEL operates as a grant-funded NGO. Revenue is generated through contracted project engagements funded by multilateral development banks (World Bank), UN agencies (WFP/PNUD), bilateral donors (Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Piemonte Region, Belgian Development Agency ENABEL), and international NGOs acting as prime implementers (APDAM). Projects are time-bound with defined deliverables.
2. Decentralized Cooperation Implementation: RESADEL receives funding to implement decentralized cooperation (twinning) projects between Italian and Guinean communes, covering food security, agroecology, and local governance, financed by Piemonte Region and Compagnia di San Paolo.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

RESADEL is a Guinea-based non-profit association that implements local-development projects for public and institutional clients. Its services span local governance advisory, decentralized cooperation, food-security programming (including general food distribution), capacity-building training across a documented set of 22 modules, and structured support to agricultural cooperatives and vulnerable households.

Product overview

RESADEL (Réseau d'Appui au Développement Local) is a solidarity NGO providing development services rather than a commercial product company. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected services including: core advisory support for decentralization and local development, training and capacity building for territorial actors (with 22 training modules), local network facilitation, and monitoring-evaluation services. Project-based offerings include: Distribution Générale des Vivres (emergency food distribution), Coopération Décentralisée et Sécurité Alimentaire (decentralized cooperation), PAGL-SAPR (local governance through early warning systems), professionnalization of agricultural groups in Kissidougou, and solid waste management training. These services operate across six intervention domains: decentralization, health-nutrition, conflict prevention/management, food security, capacity building, and education-gender.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Food Distribution (Distribution Générale des Vivres) Humanitarian food-distribution programming targeting food-insecure households and communes in Guinea; delivered as a project-based service for institutional and donor clients.
• Decentralized Cooperation and Food Security (Coopération Décentralisée et Sécurité Alimentaire) Cross-border and partner-town decentralized cooperation engagements that pair local-government partnerships with food-security outcomes in target communes.
• Projet d'Appui à la Gouvernance Locale (PAGL) — SAPR-based Structured local governance support program for Guinean communes, built on RESADEL's SAPR methodology, designed to operationalize decentralization and strengthen local-government performance.
• Professionalization of Market-Gardener Groups (Professionnalisation des Groupements Maraîchers) Capacity-building and professionalization service for agricultural cooperatives and market-gardener collectives in Guinea, covering technical, organizational, and management strengthening.
• Training in Project Ownership of Solid Waste Management (Formation à la Maîtrise d'Ouvrage en Gestion des Déchets Solides) Specialized training program equipping local actors and authorities with the competencies to act as project owners for solid-waste-management services in their communes.
• Decentralization Support and Accompaniment (Appui et Accompagnement de la Décentralisation) End-to-end accompaniment service for communes and partners implementing decentralization reforms, including advisory, technical support, and on-the-ground coaching.
• Training and Capacity Building (Formation et Renforcement des Capacités) General-purpose training and capacity-building service delivered through RESADEL's documented suite of 22 training modules, targeting local-government staff, cooperatives, and partner organizations.
• Network Animation (Animation de Réseaux) Service for animating and coordinating networks of local actors, cooperatives, and partner organizations to support exchange, peer learning, and collective action in development programs.
• Monitoring & Evaluation (Suivi-Évaluation) Project-level monitoring and evaluation service that tracks results, supports adaptive management, and reports outcomes to institutional clients and donors commissioning local-development projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 778.12 tonnes of food distributed to 13,017 households across Conakry municipalities during COVID-19 response (August–December 2020)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• ANAFIC – Agence Nationale de Financement des Collectivités Locales (Guinea)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANAFIC is the government agency managing World Bank financing for local governance projects in Guinea. It recruited RESADEL to provide technical accompaniment of the SAPR (Early Warning and Rapid Response System) across 33 local collectivities in the N'zérékoré forest region under the PAGL (Projet d'Appui à la Gouvernance Locale).
• APDAM – Aproposito Di Altri Mondi (Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPDAM is an Italian NGO and the prime implementer of the 'DI BENE IN BEINDOU' and 'Risorse' decentralized cooperation projects. RESADEL serves as the local implementing partner, managing activities on the ground in Guinea while APDAM coordinates with Italian municipalities (Almese and Bene Vagienna) and manages Piemonte Region funding.
• WFP/PAM – World Food ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe World Food Programme engaged ANIES to distribute food to 25,000 vulnerable households in Conakry, with RESADEL as one of two national NGOs executing on-the-ground distribution. RESADEL managed distribution logistics across 10 sites, reaching 13,017 households.
• ANIES – Agence Nationale d'Inclusion Economique et Sociale (Guinea)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANIES is the Guinean government agency leading the national social protection response to COVID-19. It partnered with WFP and RESADEL for the General Food Distribution program targeting vulnerable Conakry households.
• CIEDEL – Centre International d'Etudes en Développement Local (France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIEDEL is the founding origin of RESADEL. The network was initiated by CIEDEL students at the Catholic University of Lyon in May 2016. RESADEL draws on CIEDEL's 22 training modules and development methodology, and partners with CIEDEL on solid waste management training projects.
• Commune of Almese (Italy)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlmese commune in Piemonte, Italy is twinned with Yendé-Millimou commune in Guinea through the Risorse project, supporting food security, agroecology, and local development policy capacity.
• Commune of Bene Vagienna (Italy)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBene Vagienna commune in Piemonte, Italy is twinned with Beindou commune in Guinea through the DI BENE IN BEINDOU project, supporting food security, rice processing, and local governance.
• DELTA C – Centre de Formation et d'Appui Conseil pour le Développement LocalsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDELTA C partnered with RESADEL and CIEDEL to implement the EU-funded solid waste management training project for local elected officials in Conakry and Kindia communes.
• CIFADEL – Centre International de Formation et d'Appui au Développement LocalsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCIFADEL partnered with RESADEL and CIEDEL to implement the EU-funded solid waste management training project for local elected officials in Conakry and Kindia communes.
• RAFOD and RESACOOP (Rhône-Alpes, France)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRESADEL is connected to international practitioner networks RAFOD and RESACOOP in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, enabling cross-border knowledge exchange in local development.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SNV Netherlands Development Organisation: Large Dutch development organization working on agriculture, governance, and WASH across Africa with similar local government capacity-building mandates and donor-funded project portfolios.
• HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation: Swiss development NGO operating governance, agriculture, and capacity-building programs in West Africa through bilateral and multilateral funding comparable to RESADEL's donor mix.
• BRAC Guinea: Major international development organization with operations in Guinea focused on livelihoods, food security, and local capacity building, competing for the same multilateral and bilateral project funding.
• Concern Worldwide Guinea: International humanitarian and development NGO operating in Guinea on food security, livelihoods, and emergency response, directly competing for WFP and EU-funded contracts in RESADEL's target geographies.

Direct peers

• Search for Common Ground: International conflict-prevention NGO running early warning and peacebuilding programs in Guinea and the wider Mano River region; closest peer for RESADEL's SAPR system and conflict-sensitivity work.
• VNG International: Dutch agency supporting decentralized cooperation between European municipalities and counterparts in developing countries; operates the same municipal-twinning and local governance capacity-building model that RESADEL delivers in Guinea.
• RESACOOP (Rhône-Alpes): Regional cooperation network in France that links RESADEL to broader decentralized cooperation actors; operates in the same multi-stakeholder local development space across France, Guinea, and West Africa.
• CIEDEL (Centre International d'Études en Développement Local): RESADEL's founding parent and curriculum provider, based at Université Catholique de Lyon. CIEDEL operates the same training-and-capacity-building model for local development practitioners across ACP countries and is RESADEL's most direct methodological peer.
• RAFOD: West African practitioner network for decentralized cooperation and local development. Part of RESADEL's referenced network ecosystem and shares the same training and territorial accompaniment model.
• APDAM – A Proposito Di Altri Mondi: Italian NGO and prime implementer of the decentralized cooperation projects that RESADEL executes on the ground in Guinea. APDAM operates the same Italy–Guinea twinning model and is RESADEL's closest operational peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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