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SWAC's Strategy and Policy Group Meeting
Brainstorming on the SWAC's Work Orientations 2008-2012
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The SWAC’s Strategy and Policy Group met on 13 and 14 September 2007 at its headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux. This workshop marked the beginning of a brainstorming process concerning the main areas of the SWAC’s Work Plan 2008 – 2012. The discussions particularly built on the analysis of evolutions taking place in West Africa and the lessons learned from the SWAC’s work carried out during the 2005-2007 period. On the basis of the discussions during the meeting, the SWAC will draft a working paper on the SWAC’s strategic orientations that will be submitted for approval to the SPG meeting in January 2008. > learn more
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Workshop on "Food Security & Cross-border Trade"
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Katsina (Nigeria) 19-21 September 2007
The workshop on "Food Security & Cross-border Trade", organised by the SWAC, under the auspices of ECOWAS and the Niger-Nigeria Joint Commission for Co-operation, brought together some 60 participants coming mainly from the Niger-Nigeria border region. Drawing on outcomes of discussions within the three working groups, the participants decided to establish, under the auspices of the Nigeria-Niger Joint Commission for Co-operation, three information platforms on cross-border activities, aiming to: (i) Improve market information systems; (ii) Enhance cross-border movement of cereals and livestock; and (iii) Improve ways and means of capital transfer between the two countries > learn more
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"Innovations as Key of the Green Revolution in Africa"
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Arusha (Tanzania), 17-21 September 2007
This symposium, organised by the African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility, brought together some 250 agricultural experts, scientists, researchers, NGOs, private sector representatives and policy makers from all over Africa to explore opportunities and constraints, and share knowledge and experiences in order to promote access to agricultural innovation as a key to the Green Revolution in Africa. The SWAC, represented by Mr. Jean Zoundi, Head of the SWAC’s “Rural Transformation & Sustainable Development” Unit, shared lessons learned from a regional initiative led by the SWAC from 2003 to 2005 on the “Transformation of the Family Economy in West Africa and the Role of Agricultural Innovation”. Mr. Zoundi contributed to the symposium’s debates with his presentation entitled “The Challenges facing West African Family Farms in accessing Agricultural Innovation: Institutional and Political Implications”.
> download the mission report (French)
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Resurgence of Crises in West Africa & Managing Post-Conflict Situations
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Within the framework of initiatives launched by the Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace and Security Unit on the DDR and Post-conflict, Mr. Massaër Diallo, Unit Head, was invited to participate in a Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcast, “Le Débat africain” on 16 September 2007, hosted by Madeleine Mukamabano. The debate addressed “the Resurgence of Crises in West Africa”. Contributing to the debate were also Mr. Saïd Djinnit (Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union), Mr. Gilles Yabi (International Crisis Group) and Mr. Cyril Musila (Consultant on conflict management). > listen to the broadcast
Mr. Diallo was invited on 17 September to participate in an introductory training session organised by the École Nationale d’Administration (ENA-France) on “Managing Post-conflict Situations”. Participants in this training session were French civil servants, foreigners, military and civilians. Mr. Diallo’s intervention was entitled, “Conflict Typology, Dynamics and Prevention”.
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