SWAC Statements

This sections presents, in chronological, order the major statements, interventions and presentations made by staff members of the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) within the framework of its activities in the West African region and in OECD member countries.

2007 | 2006 | 2005

2007

• Opening Statement by Mr. Mario Amano, OECD Deputy Secretary-General, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group Meeting, SWAC Headquarters, 13-14 September 2007

• Opening Statement by Mr. Charles Goerens, SWAC President, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group Meeting, SWAC Headquarters, 13-14 September 2007 (French)

• “Opening speech” (French) by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Restrict Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (FCPN) in the Sahel and West Africa, OECD, Paris, 5-6 April 2007; 

• “Partnership and Mobilisation of Resources necessary for the African Union (AU) Border Programme” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director and Laurent Bossard, Deputy Director, Meeting of African Experts on the Establishment of the AU Border Programme, Bamako (Mali), 8-9 March 2007;

• “Cultural Co-operation as an Important Element in the Partnership between the EU and Africa”, by Raymond Weber, Head of the Medium- and Long-Term Development Perspectives Unit,  “Diversity makes the Difference”, European Public Conference, The Hague (the Netherlands), 9 March 2007;

• “Opening Speech”, by Charles Goerens, SWAC President, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group meeting (SPG), Berlin, 25-26 January 2007;

• “Presentation of the 2006 Progress Report and Future Work”, by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group meeting (SPG), Berlin, 25-26 January 2007;

• “What Future for the Youth in West Africa?" (French), by Raymond Weber, Head of the Medium- and Long-Term Development Perspectives Unit, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group meeting (SPG), Berlin, 25-26 January 2007;

• “The Challenges of Food Security in the Sahel and West Africa” (PPT), by Jean Sibiri Zoundi, Head of the Rural Transformation & Sustainable Development Unit, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group meeting (SPG), Berlin, 25-26 January 2007;

• “Migration in West Africa: Perceptions and Realities” (French), also see : PPT presentation, by Laurent Bossard, SWAC Deputy Director and Head of the Local Development and thre Process of Regional Integration Unit, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group meeting (SPG), Berlin, 25-26 January 2007;

• “Human Security in West Africa: Governance and Development Stakes” (French), by Massaer Diallo, Head of the Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace & Security Unit, SWAC Strategy and Policy Group meeting (SPG), Berlin, 25-26 January 2007;

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 2006

• “Opening Speech” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Annual Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (FCPN), Rome, 12 - 13 December 2006

• “Information Note on SWAC Activities and Objectives” (French), to the attention of Mr. Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, by the SWAC, 11 October 2006;

• “The Sahel and West Africa’s Activities in West Africa : Past, Present, Future” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Seminar with the CRDI team, Dakar (Senegal), 5 October 2006;

• “Promoting partnerships within the framework of the implementation of national policies for rural and agricultural development” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Regional Workshop AGR/OECD, Saly Portudal, (Senegal), 3-4 October 2006; also see: “OECD’s Role and Contribution through the Work of the SWAC to the Development of the Region”;

• “Presentation of work areas of the Sahel and West Africa Club” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, 4th Meeting of the OECd’s External Relations Committee, OECD, Paris, 20 June 2006;

• “South-South Co-operation in Sustainable Shrimp Farming Development in West Africa”, by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Regional Roundtable, Conakry (Guinea), 6-8 June 2006;

• “Human Security in West Africa, Challenges, Synergies and Actions for a Regional Agenda” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Workshop, Lomé (Togo), 28-30 March 2006;

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2005

• “National Forum on Aid Effectiveness”, by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Conakry (Guinea), 30 November - 2 December 2005;

• “Privatisation in West Africa: What for and how?", by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, West Africa Day 2005, organized by the Dutch Development Policy Review Network and the African Studies Centre, Leiden University (Netherlands), 15 November 2005;

• “Security, Development and Cross-border Activities in the Region between Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Launching Workshop on Cross-Border Pilot Operations, Sikasso (Mali), 27-29 September 2005

• “Food Security over the Medium- and Long-Term in the Sahel and West Africa”, by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Regional Conference on « The Agricultural and Food Security Situation in West Africa », Accra (Ghana), 20 September 2005;

• “The Process of Decentralisation and Local Development in West Africa” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director,Belgium Co-operation Day, West Africa Regional Workshop, Brussels, 7 September 2005;

• “Introduction to the Works of the Forum on Political Parties, the Media and Civil Society in West Africa”, by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Cotonou (Benin), 28 June - 1 July 2005;

• “Regional Development Perspectives in West Africa, Regional Integration and the Evolution of the Role played by ECOWAS” (French), by Normand Lauzon, SWAC Director, Panel, Abuja (Nigeria), 25-26 May 2005;