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Together with governments, regional institutions and civil society/private sector organisations, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC - www.westafricaclub.org) supports the development and implementation of action-oriented policies and investments that take into account the complementarities between local, national and regional levels > learn more
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Regional Aid Effectiveness
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As a SWAC contribution to the 3rd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness that was held from 2 to 4 September in Accra (Ghana), the SWAC elaborated a proposal for an OECD Pilot Initiative on Regional Co-operation as a Tool for Improving Aid Effectiveness. The SWAC presents nine action proposals that would focus on a pilot region (West Africa), aiming to produce short-term, measurable results. Outcomes could also feed into a more general reflection on regional aid effectiveness. > learn more
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> Accra Forum
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Livestock & Transhumant Pastoralism
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West African Experts Workshop
SWAC Headquarters, 11-12 August 2008
Bringing together various experts, livestock professionals and policy makers from West Africa, the workshop will prepare the organisation of a Regional Livestock Forum in Niamey (Niger) in November 2008. Workshop participants will also discuss the setting-up of a new joint initiative (CILSS/ECOWAS/ROPPA/SWAC/UEMOA) on the future of transhumant pastoralism scheduled for 2009 and 2010. > learn more
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> Future of Livestock
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Strategy and Policy Group Meeting
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Ensuring the SWAC's Financial Future
SWAC Headquarters, 16 June 2008
This Strategy and Policy Group Meeting (SPG) focused on the SWAC’s role and its financial future. The SWAC’s financial contributors requested the implementation of the SWAC's restructuring plan, fostering a dynamic team and leadership. They emphasised that this restructuration is the only possible path to ensure the SWAC’s future within the OECD. > learn more
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> Six Proposals (French)
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Post-conflict & Development
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ECOWAS/SWAC Workshop
Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), 3-5 June 2008
How to concretise ECOWAS’ involvement in responding to post-conflict challenges in West Africa? What are the specific challenges at the national and regional levels? How to develop a strategy and response policies which will connect post-conflict and development? These and other questions were addressed at the ECOWAS/SWAC workshop on post-conflict and development aiming to facilitate the development of a Regional Policy of Post-conflict Reconstruction. > learn more
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Food Security
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3rd Restricted RPCA Meeting
OECD Conference Centre, 10-11 April 2008
This regular meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), jointly organised by the CILSS and the SWAC, brought together the main actors of food security at the national, regional and international levels. Participants discussed the food and nutritional situation in West Africa with a view to proposing measures and actions to prevent and manage possible food and nutritional crises. > learn more
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