Presentations and documents for the Sahel and West Africa Week 2015
| Day 3: Seminar with CSOs |
| Day 4: Special session of the RPCA |
| Day 5: Meeting of SEG-AGIR | |
Day 1: Forum (Monday, 26 October):
- Opening remarks (French) - François-Xavier DE DONNEA, SWAC President
Session 1: Urbanisation, structural change and the food system
- Urbanisation, economic geography and agriculture — Philipp HEINRIGS, SWAC/OECD Secretariat
- The growing role of markets in food security (French) — Seyni HAMADOU, UEMOA
- Impact of urbanisation on food systems + background paper — John STAATZ, Michigan State University
- Changing consumer habits — Thomas Allen, SWAC/OECD Secretariat
- Development of the food processing sector in Burkina Faso (French) — Simone ZOUNDI, Sodepal, FIAB
- The tomato paste value chain: trends, tensions and transformations — Guyslain K. NGELEZA, MCC
- Food prices and competitiveness in West Africa — Thomas Allen, SWAC/OECD Secretariat
- The crucial role of urban-rural linkages — Cecilia TACOLI, IIED
Session 2: Climate change, adaptation and food security
- Climate and impacts on food security + background paper — Carlo BUONTEMPO, UK Met Office Hadley Centre
- Climate-smart agriculture to face climate change and variability in West Africa + background paper — Robert ZOUGMORÉ, CGIAR
- The importance of climate finance mechanisms for West Africa (French) + background paper (French) — Maguette KAÏRÉ, CILSS/AGRHYMET
- Africa in the COP21 climate negotiations — Estherine Lisinge FOTABONG, NEPAD Agency
- Traditional adaptation strategies in the Sahel: a focus on the livestock sector (French) + background slides (French) — Ibra TOURÉ, CIRAD
- Climate-smart agricultural experiences in Africa — Aslihan ARSLAN, FAO
Day 2: Forum (Tuesday, 27 October):
Session 3: Resilience and innovative policies for food security
- Resilience: a systemic approach to food security — Mariam Sow SOUMARE, NEPAD Agency
- The role of decentralisation and local development in resilience (French) — Jean-Pierre ELONG MBASSI, UCLG Africa
- Social network analysis as an innovative tool for development + background paper — Olivier WALTHER, University of Southern Denmark
- La coopération transfrontalière : une stratégie de résilience territoriale pour la sécurité alimentaire : cas de l’espace transfrontalier Kossi/Tominian (Burkina-Mali) (French) — Dr. Mohamadou ABDOUL
- Resilience: concepts and metrics + background slides — Luca RUSSO, FAO
- The integration of disaster reduction methods and climate change adaptation in food security strategies – the example of BRACED (French) — Romain CARDON, BRACED, Christian Aid
- From production to protection systems in West Africa — Léonidas HITIMANA, FAO
- Cross-border co-operation and resilience – a European experience — Martín Guillermo RAMIREZ, AEBR
- AGIR’s unique contributions to resilience (French) — Hassane MAMOUDOU, High Commission of 3N Initiative, Niger
- Equipping States with impact monitoring instruments — François KAYITAKIRE, JRC/EC
Session 4: Women’s empowerment, gender equality and resilience
- Women’s roles and economic contributions to food systems (French) + background paper (French) — Simone ZOUNDI, SODELPAL, FIAB
- Women’s organisations as change agents and agenda setters (French) + background paper (French) — Khady FALL TALL, AFAO-WAWA
- Legal and political framework for women’s empowerment (French) — Kafui KUWONU, WILDAF
- Gender and nutrition in Africa — Boitshepo Bibi GIYOSE, FAO
- Empowering poor rural women towards greater gender equality: best practices and lessons learned in Africa (French)— Khadidja DOUCOURÉ, IFAD
- The experience of the ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (French) — Salimata THIAM, ECOWAS
- The role of women and gender policies in crisis and conflict situations — Nicoletta PIROZZI, IAI
- Gender, sustainable consumption and climate change: a review of issues from other geographical contexts — Cecilia TACOLI, IIED
Day 3: Seminar with West African and European CSOs on Resilience and the Role of AGIR
- Opening remarks (French) — Carla MONTESI, Director, Directorate of West and Central Africa, European Commission
- West African Civil Society Statement on Resilience in West Africa
Day 4: Special Session of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA)
- Opening remarks (French) — François-Xavier DE DONNEA, SWAC President
- Charter for Food Crisis Prevention and Management: Introductory presentation — Sibiri Jean ZOUNDI, SWAC/OECD Secretariat
- PREGEC and the “Harmonised Framework”: Introductory presentation (French) — Issoufou BAOUA, AGRHYMET/CILSS
- The tools of the "Harmonised Framework" (French) — Sidy Guèye NIANG, OXFAM West Africa
- The West Africa Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) — Alain Sy TRAORÉ, ECOWAS (presented by Yacouba SANON, ECOWAS)
- Confronting Drought in Africa’s Drylands Opportunities for Enhancing Resilience — Jamal SAGHIR, World Bank
Day 5: Meeting of the Senior Experts' Group of the Global Alliance for Resilience (SEG-AGIR)
- Overall status of the PRP-AGIR process (French) — Issa Martin BIKIENGA, CT-AGIR Co-ordinator
- Togo: National Resilience Priorities (NRP-AGIR) (French) — Noel Koutéra BATAKA, Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage, de la Pêche et de l'Hydraulique, Togo
- Senegal: National Resilience Priorities (NRP-AGIR) (French) — Ali Mohamed Séga CAMARA, Conseil national de sécurité alimentaire, Senegal
- Niger: Unified framework for strengthening the resilience of food and nutrition insecurity (French) — Hassane MAMOUDOU, AGIR focal point, Niger
- Document: Niger's Resilience Priorities, Summary version
Declaration of the Global Alliance for Resilience (AGIR) - Sahel and West Africa stakeholders