Bruce Cédric is native to Dakar. After obtaining his Baccalaureate in 2008, he was enrolled in the UFR Legal and Political Sciences at the l’Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis for 2 years, then the Humanities in Sociology department where he chose to specialize in Development Sociology, addressing the issues of decentralization and development. Throughout his career, Bruce has been interested in civic engagement and has worked as the educational building project supervisor with children in YMCA / Senegal. His passion for decentralization as a vehicle of development in Africa has engaged me in internships in local communities and at the Ministry of Local Government level, as well as at organizations like Caritas and course investment funds such as USAID and CRS.