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SWAC News - July- September 2009
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Director's editorial
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The SWAC and its Secretariat are at a critical crossroads. West Africa and its international environment have changed considerably since the beginning of this century. There are new opportunities and also new challenges for the region to which the SWAC needs to adapt. In my new capacity as Director ad interim, the SWAC President Mr. François-Xavier de Donnea has asked me to develop a reform process aiming at reinforcing the SWAC based on the recommendations of our governing board. > read on
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Interview with H. E. Luc Tiao,
Ambassador of Burkina Faso
"The natural disaster that struck Burkina Faso on 1 September has further strengthened the bonds of solidarity between Burkinans. I can assure you that our compatriots living in France did not have to wait for the call for national and international solidarity – they immediately launched initiatives, both individually and through their respective associations."
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The Steering committee of the project discussed outcomes of the thematic studies carried out within the context of the SWAC's regional study on “Security implications of climate change in the Sahel” and agreed on the next phase of the project. Presentations focused on the cross-linking of the climate analysis with the security, socio-economic and geographic, and econometric analyses. This will lead to the production of a series of vulnerability and risks maps. The vulnerability maps as well as the thematic studies will be discussed at a technical workshop in Dakar on 17 November 2009. > learn more
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In his presentation on “Social issues in commodity supply chains – a holistic view” at the 16th World Cocoa Foundation Partnership meeting (Brussels, 16 October 2009), the Belgian Minister for Development Co-operation, H.E. Charles Michel, underlined the advantages of regional initiatives like the initiative on “Combating the worst forms of child labour on West African cocoa farms”, co-ordinated by the SWAC Secretariat. He pointed out the need for dialogue between producing and consuming countries, regional organisations, private companies and civil society from the South and North, - a view that is expressed in the regional cocoa initiative’s joint position paper, signed by 14 key stakeholders and regional institutions.
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It highlights the need for a complementary regional approach, regional institutional leadership, support to intensified remediation efforts, and co-ordination and inclusiveness. > learn more
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Regional Investment Programme for Agriculture (PRIA)
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), 8-10 July 2009
Members of the Steering Committee on "Improved management of other shared resources” and other relevant actors discussed the draft report with action proposals which was prepared by consultants. The final report will be used as basis for discussions with technical and financial partners, scheduled for November 2009. > learn more
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