For 15 years, a process of decentralization was initiated in Senegal,revolutionized the management of local affairs. However, citizen participationin the formulation or implementation of these policies has not really materialized. The analysis of the media landscape shows "also that manyconcerns of local communities are often overlooked because of insufficientelected relayed by local media. Similarly, local content is still very littlepresent in the national media. The first phase of the intervention of the CAPIin the region of Kolda (southern Senegal, the region which has a high potential eco geographical but is considered the poorest in the country) on freedom of expression. A major concern of CSOs and mediaKolda is to monitor the management of local budgets. The second phase allowed opening the debate on the budget management and citizen participation in the development and monitoring of fiscal policies.