Symposium: Integration of Economics, Migration & Security in the Sahara-Sahel

OECD, Boulogne-Billancourt, 29 September 2017

The Sahel is today at the heart of African and global concerns. The growing urgency and complexity of the situation require now, more than ever before, the mobilisation of governments, regional organisations, the international community, civil society and researchers.

In contribution to this effort, the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) aims to facilitate dialogue between researchers and policy makers. It is in this spirit that SWAC hosted this symposium built around two studies financed and co-ordinated by the Higher Council for Strategic Training and Research (CSFRS) of the Ecole militaire (France):

Prospective study of Sahelian Realities 2030 proposes different scenarios on what the Sahel could be by 2030, based on economic, social, political and security criteria (Thierry Hommel Conseil) summary | full report (french)
Bringing the desert together: How to advance Sahelo-Maghreb integration proposes to address the stabilisation and development of the Sahara-Sahel through an integrated and common approach to further connect Sahel and Maghreb countries (European Council on Foreign Relations) report

Some 50 representatives from the region, international partners, international organisations and the press were present to debate this innovative work.

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