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_____________ English - Or. French SAHEL AND WEST AFRICA CLUB

Strategy and Policy Group

MEETING OF THE STRATEGY AND POLICY GROUP

OF THE SAHEL AND WEST AFRICA CLUB / OECD

Second day: strategic orientations of the SWAC/OECD

Summary Record

Bamako (Mali), 10 December 2009

Laurent BOSSARD, Director a.i.of the Sahel and West Africa Club, SWAC/OECD

Tel. +1 45 24 78 55 ; e-mail: [email protected]

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Strategic Orientations of the SWAC/OECD

Bamako (Mali), 10 December 2009

-- Summary Record --

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 5

I. DISCUSSION OF REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND ACTION BY THE SWAC/OECD ...................... 5

II. STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS OF THE SWAC/OECD SECRETARIAT FOR 2010 AND BEYOND .. 6

2.1. Report on activities in 2009 and interim programme of work for 2010 .............................................. 6 2.1.1. Financial adjustments and their impacts on the programme of work ....................................... 6 2.1.2. Interim programme of work and budget for 2010 ..................................................................... 7

2.2. Process of reflection on the future of the SWAC ................................................................................ 9 2.2.1 Recapitulation of original proposal ........................................................................................... 9 2.2.2. Decision by the SPG .................................................................................................................. 9

III. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND POSITIONS ADOPTED BY MEMBERS ............................................... 10

ANNEX 1: AGENDA ................................................................................................................................... 13

ANNEX 2: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ........................................................................................................ 17

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INTRODUCTION

The Strategy and Policy Group (SPG) meeting took place immediately after a one-day Forum on the

Pressures on West African Land (9 December). A separate summary record has been drawn up for the

Forum.

Under the original agenda (Annex 1), the morning session was to have been devoted to an open discussion

of regional issues and action by the SWAC based on a number of examples taken from programmes

currently in progress, and the restricted afternoon session dedicated to the Secretariat‟s strategy for 2010

and beyond. However, at the request of members, the first session was cut short and discussions on

strategy started at 11:00. The Secretariat‟s communications are not discussed in this summary record,

which restricts itself to the contents of discussions and the conclusions reached.

The list of participants is attached in Annex 2.

I. DISCUSSION OF REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND ACTION BY THE SWAC/OECD

Regional approach to development and South-South co-operation. The SWAC, having pioneered this

approach, must continue to make it a priority, while ensuring that it focusses on issues to which such an

approach is relevant. It must not overlook sub-regional aspects (bilateral or trilateral co-operation, cross-

border co-operation); UEMOA merits particular attention.

The Forum on Pressures on West African Land held on 9 December showed that in many cases it was in

the interest of West African states to forge a mutual consensus that would enable them to avoid policy

differences and competition. It also showed that regional action did not conflict with the processes set in

motion at the national, continental or global level. With regard to pressures on land, West Africa –

according to the special UN rapporteur for food rights – could rapidly go further, and could become an

example. The SWAC, through this type of Forum, could promote South-South co-operation as a vector for

improving the capacity of West African states for action and negotiation.

North-South platform. The co-responsibility of the North and the South for West African issues is a

determining element. The discussions on 9 December underlined the link between investment policies of

OECD member countries and land issues in West Africa. The OECD works on policy coherence, including

investment policies. The SWAC Secretariat should allow West Africa to express its views in the debate.

This raised the issue, often brought up by certain members of SWAC, of where the Secretariat should be

physically located. As part of the OECD, it could serve as a point of entry for West Africa into global

discussions, a transitional area between “global prescription and regional action”1; it could also, to a

greater extent than in the past, capitalise on the Organisation‟s expertise by tailoring it to meet needs of

West Africa2. This was the stance adopted by ROPPA in particular. Conversely, it might be argued that

1 An example given of this was that the OECD is currently revising its Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

These guidelines, which have been adopted by Member countries, cover a number of issues that are currently

relevant to West Africa (for example, the fight against child labour) but do not as yet appear to address investment

in agricultural land. 2 The OECD has developed specific expertise in assisting with the design of investment policy frameworks.

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if the Secretariat were based in West Africa it would be closer to certain co-operation agencies since there

is now a growing decentralisation of decision-making processes.

The South-South and South-North platform. There would seem to be a consensus over this dual identity

of the SWAC: a capacity/vocation for “drawing in the protagonists to address specific challenges”,

“exchanging best practices”, “pooling national, regional and inter-regional expertise”, building a South-

South and North-South consensus based on rational and robust analysis in order to forge a shared vision of

solutions”.

The role of regional organisations within the SWAC. These organisations have been entrusted with the

political mandate for co-operation and regional integration. They must therefore play a central role in the

SWAC‟s activities and in drawing up the Secretariat‟s programme of work. Reference was made to the

way in which CILSS and SWAC have worked in tandem in the past, and also to the idea of a “platform

serving regional organisations”. It was mentioned that the SWAC platform could and indeed should

promote synergies between regional organisations in order to avoid the duplication of initiatives and to

promote consistency. All were agreed that such organisations had an important role to play in the reflection

on the SWAC‟s future strategic directions.

Knowledge production and support for innovation. While it was generally agreed that the Secretariat had

to ensure that the debate remained focused on the facts, SPG members stressed that the Secretariat should

not be a research centre. Nonetheless, some pointed out that one of the Secretariat‟s declared aims was to

capitalise on “iconoclastic” analyses and to aid the development of innovative approaches such as cross-

border co-operation. A consensus emerged on the need to capitalise on knowledge in the policy-making

process.

II. STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS OF THE SWAC/OECD SECRETARIAT FOR 2010 AND

BEYOND

2.1. Report on activities in 2009 and interim programme of work for 2010

2.1.1. Financial adjustments and their impacts on the programme of work

Several contributing members asked the Chair and the Secretariat to explain the cuts in the Secretariat‟s

operating and staffing costs announced in the memorandum of 13 October, and to provide details of the

impact these cuts would have on the programme of work. In particular, the issue of the Secretariat‟s human

resources capacity for work on peace and security was stressed. Some contributing members questioned

whether it had been wise (in terms of cost and use of human resources) to go ahead with the Forum of 9

December.

The Chair and the Secretariat provided the following details:

1. The measures announced to SPG members on 13 October 2009 had been decided in order to

safeguard the financial integrity of the SWAC and its Secretariat in 2010. The decisions regarding

the non-renewal of contracts expiring at the end of 2009 had been taken in conjunction with OECD

Human Resource Management and was based on criteria that was unrelated to the programme of

work (e.g., the need to avoid interrupting funded programmes already in progress, the cost of posts

and post suppressions, prospects for redeployment within the OECD, etc.). No programme had

been specifically targeted, as could be seen from the draft interim programme of work for 2010

submitted to the SPG. This draft showed that many activities relating to “medium and long-term

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development perspectives”, “local development and regional integration” and “rural transformation

and sustainable development” programmes had been discarded due to a lack of financial resources.

Moreover, work on the peace and security programme had continued throughout the last quarter of

2009 (notably due to a specific contribution of €15 000 from France to place a web platform on-

line for the Saly Action Plan). The cuts in the Secretariat‟s human resources were an incentive to

develop, to a greater extent than in the past, a cross-cutting approach to issues. Although requiring

special attention, security and governance issues also had to be addressed as part of dossiers in

which they clearly played an important role (real estate, water, energy, spiralling food prices, etc.).

2. Discussions would be started with the Austrian Co-operation Authority to redefine the procedures

for the specific support programme for the implementation of the ECOWAS Early Warning and

Response Network (ECOWARN).

3. The Secretariat‟s team had been completely overhauled. The division into units had been

abandoned due to the reduction in staff numbers, and in 2010 greater use would be made of outside

experts from West Africa as well as input from regional think tanks, in accordance with the

repeated recommendations of the SPG. The members of the SPG now needed to establish the

priority areas of work, which the Secretariat would address by mobilising the required skills.

4. In June 2009 the SPG had stressed the need for the Secretariat to revitalise the role of the SWAC

as a forum and to broaden its platform to embrace a wider range of actors, notably from West

Africa, while at the same time cementing collaborative work within the OECD. This was the

challenge set out at the Forum of 9 December, and which in the opinion of all SPG members had

been successfully met. Furthermore, the Forum had clearly demonstrated the cross-cutting nature

of issues. Land pressures related not only to food security, but also to the outlook for rural work,

the fight against climate change, human rights, governance and conflict prevention.

The members of the SPG asked the Secretariat:

1. Not to start work in 2010 on specific new programmes that would require a post being kept open

beyond the end of the year.

2. To ensure that specific programmes were consistent with the strategic directions of the programme

of work.

3. To carry out, from 2010, a joint programme in direct collaboration with another OECD

Directorate.

Moreover, the organisation of an annual forum on a given development issue was accepted in principle by

the Group. The 2009 Forum on Pressures on Land in West Africa had been highly instructive and had

demonstrated the value added by the Club‟s contribution.

2.1.2. Interim programme of work and budget for 2010

The Secretariat submitted a draft programme of activities to SPG members which had been costed within

the limits of the funding available. Each proposal was therefore accompanied by an estimated budget cost

based on the general and specific resources available to the Secretariat, excluding salary and operating

costs. This meant that the proposed activities could be guaranteed to be carried out. The SPG members

examined each of the proposed activities. Their decisions, comments and trade-offs were as follows:

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1. Priorities

a. Negotiation of the Food Crisis Prevention and Management Charter (€150 000 GR3) and

joint operation of the FCPN (€20 000 GR): approved subject to specification of the precise

goals to be achieved in 2010 (approval of the Charter by West African countries).

b. A cross-cutting theme to be discussed at the next SWAC Forum to be held back-to-back

with the SPG in December 2011 (€100 000 GR): the theme chosen was South-South co-

operation (including regional co-operation) and the effectiveness of regional aid.

c. Support for regional policies (€90 000 GR): The priority themes for 2010 were livestock

rearing, cross-border co-operation and pressures on land (implementation of the road map

drawn up at the conference on 9 December 2009). The Secretariat would have to:

i. Incorporate support from West African socio-professional associations and civil

society into this line of activity4.

ii. Promote synergies between regional organisations.

d. Reflection on the future of the SWAC (€50 000 GR): approved (see 2.2 below).

e. Communications: media relations (€35 000 GR), review and reporting (€35 000 GR), West

African Studies (€54 000 SR5)

6, communication tools (no funding allocated): approved.

2. Continuation of specific programmes already under way:

a. Cross-border co-operation manual (€50 000 SR/Swiss co-operation authority).

b. Support for implementation of the ECOWAS Early Warning and Response Network

(ECOWARN) (€30 000 GR): approved. Further discussions will be held with the Austrian

co-operation authority to establish the procedures for any continued involvement in this

programme.

c. Regional response to the worst forms of child labour in cocoa farms (€40 000 GR allocated

to this initiative by Belgium): approved.

d. Security implications of climate change in the Sahel area (€130 000/French and UK co-

operation authority): approved.

e. West African regional migration database to foster renewed co-operation between West

Africa and the European Union (no funding allocated): approved.

f. Second issue of the West Africa Report (€45 000 SR/ECOWAS): approved.

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4 In 2010, ROPPA, with the support of ECOWAS, UEMOA and the CILSS, would like to work on the development

of a strategy and action plan aimed at achieving food sovereignty based on family-owned farms against a

background of climate change, and wanted its work in this area to be supported by the Club. 5 Specific resources.

6 Provided that the French co-operation authority agreed to the re-allocation of €54 000 remaining from an earlier

specific funding for migration. The proposed book would address climate change and its implications for security

and migration in particular.

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On the above basis, the general budget submitted to the SPG was approved (see SPG document No. 2).

After confirmation of the French contribution, the allocation of an additional €200 000 would be submitted

to the SPG in June 2010.

2.2. Process of reflection on the future of the SWAC

2.2.1 Recapitulation of original proposal

The Chair proposed to SPG members that a process of reflection be launched in early 2010. This process

could aim at redefining the strategic directions and operating modes of the SWAC, at revisiting the stance

of its Secretariat and at securing a longer lasting and active commitment.

It was proposed to base that this reflection process on the creation of a group of high-level experts from

West Africa and OECD member countries whose mission would be to submit proposals to the SPG. The

composition and mandate of the group would have to be agreed by the SPG. There were two possible

options:

A very restricted group which would organise meetings with actors from all sectors in the South

and North, within West Africa and the OECD area, and which might also commission short

studies/analyses.

A larger and therefore more representative group which would meet on a number of occasions,

assisted by a “Secretary” given the task of drawing up regular summaries, providing information

and analyses for the discussions, etc.

The group could commission an initial study from one or two consultants. This initial analysis would then

provide a basis for a series of consultations in the form of meetings, missions, etc.

Progress reports on the reflection process would be regularly submitted to an electronic discussion group

consisting of all members of the SPG and eventually other actors.

At the same time, in early 2010, the Secretariat should undertake consultations with donors in order to

design a biennial budget for 2011-2012 on the basis of firm and definitive commitments. The aim would

be to align the SWAC Secretariat‟s budget schedule with that of the OECD, and to provide budget

guarantees similar to those of all the other comparable OECD bodies. The proposals to emerge from this

work could be submitted to the SPG by mid-2010, together with the draft of a new MOU with the OECD.

2.2.2. Decision by the SPG

After an exchange of views, the following consensus on the approach was reached:

1. Creation of a Steering Group composed of 6 people: Three personalities/experts from West

Africa (ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS) and three independent personalities/experts from the

North. The Group will be chaired by Mr. Soumaïla Cissé, President of the UEMOA Commission.

Terms of reference will be drawn up to serve as a guide for the work of the Steering Group.

2. Working procedures: The Steering Group will be assisted by the SWAC Secretariat and will

organise its discussions on the basis of the documents available. It could organise hearings and

commission specific analyses from independent experts. These analyses should address in

particular the advantages/disadvantages of locating the Secretariat within the OECD (and the way

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in which it could be integrated in the Organisation) or in West Africa, how the Secretariat would

be organised and how it would operate, etc. A web platform for discussion and providing

information would allow SPG members and voluntary contributors to put forward their analyses

and proposals.

3. Timetable: An initial proposal is expected to be ready by April 2010. The final proposal would be

submitted to the SPG for discussion at its meeting in June 2010 in Paris.

III. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND POSITIONS ADOPTED BY MEMBERS

Germany confirmed its financial commitment to the Secretariat for 2010 and 2011. The programme of

work should be geared more towards ECOWAS‟ priorities, and support the process of reform of the

SWAC. Forging closer links between ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS had to be a priority. Germany had

no objection to the proposal by the Netherlands with regard to a study on closer integration of the

Secretariat into the OECD Development Cluster.

While Austria regretted that it had not been possible to finalise the triennial programme on conflict

prevention to which it had provided specific financial support of €250 000, it stressed its desire to look

rapidly for an alternative solution with the Secretariat. The Austrian co-operation authority was developing

the regional dimension of its actions and wanted to strengthen its links with the SWAC, which was an

important source of knowledge and analysis. It supported the idea of examining possible ways of

integrating the Club into OECD structures.

Belgium confirmed its financial commitment for 2010 and endorsed the idea of examining the possibility

of forging closer links between the SWAC and other units working on development issues within the

OECD. In establishing closer links, however, the identity of the Club nonetheless had to be preserved. It

might be helpful to consider making a collective assessment of the relevance and the effectiveness of the

SWAC programme. Climate change issues and their impact on migration, the impacts of population

growth, and South-South co-operation are working themes that need to be brought to the fore in the SWAC

platform.

Canada confirmed that the funding it provided for the SWAC would cease in 2011. West African regional

organisations had to play a central role in the design and implementation of the Secretariat‟s programme of

work. Greater resources than those originally planned needed to be assigned to the process of strategic

reflection on the future of the SWAC. Co-operation agencies are increasingly decentralised and decision-

making centres are relocating to West Africa, which meant that consideration had to be given to where the

SWAC Secretariat should be geographically located. The “Northern” members of the Steering Group on

the revamping of the SWAC must be independent of the co-operation agencies. Particular attention needed

to be paid to conflicts relating to land issues.

The CILSS wanted to play an active role in the discussions on the future of the SWAC and stressed the

need to hand down a clear mandate to the SWAC, the drafting of which should reflect the expectations of

regional organisations in West Africa. These organisations:

Had expressed the need to work better together. The SWAC platform could therefore be a means

of cementing the role of the CILSS as the technical arm of ECOWAS.

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Had worked on specific segments of regional co-operation (food security, management of natural

resources, population growth in the case of the CILSS, peace and security in the case of

ECOWAS, macroeconomic management and infrastructure in the case of ECOWAS and

UEMOA, etc.). As well as seeking to foster synergies between organisations, the SWAC

platform should also help to promote enhanced bilateral co-operation between those

organisations and the SWAC Secretariat.

The CILSS also said that it did not want funding for the SWAC Secretariat to be sought from the

ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions. It added that the Secretariat ought to be given flexible forms of

funding, designed to support innovation actions, given that the budgets and financial rules of West African

regional organisations did not allow them to provide such forms of funding. Lastly, the SWAC platform

must help mobilise financing resources for Sahelian and West African countries

The ECOWAS Commission stated that it felt that the time had come for it to play a greater role in the

SWAC. In its opinion, the work of the Club‟s Secretariat in supporting ECOWAS in the design and

implementation of regional policies needed to be stepped up. Likewise, the SWAC platform needed to be

capitalised upon in order to speed up the creation of operational synergies between regional organisations

in West Africa7.

The UEMOA Commission stressed the important role played by the SWAC in providing support for

regional policies, particularly in the agricultural sector. The UEMOA Commission had embarked on a

process of strategic planning which, once completed (in April 2010), should make it possible to set out new

lines of approach to co-operation with the Club‟s Secretariat.

The United States, in response to the information and details provided by the Secretariat and the SWAC

Chair, confirmed their contribution for 2010. The draft interim programme of work for 2010 was

considered to be clearer than it had been in the past and provided a more detailed basis for assessment. The

SWAC needed to give priority to its work with regional organisations by first supporting them

individually. It had to involve civil society organisations on an ad hoc basis and needed to redevelop its

role as a North-South forum and advocate.

France stated that it would be allocating a budget of €200 000 to the SWAC, provided that the final

budgetary trade-offs proceeded as expected. 2010 needed to be a year of transition during which the value

added by the SWAC forum had to be examined in relation to other existing forums. France had doubts in

particular over the value added by the SWAC in the area of food security and wanted to see security and

governance issues play a major part in the SWAC‟s work. The Secretariat had to provide factual input to

discussions and make a practical contribution to policy coherence. The restructuring process needed to be

worked out in greater detail and the stages in the process needed to be defined. New ways of working had

to be explored. Practical efforts to create synergies within OECD needed to be tried out by as early as

2010. A technical and organisational audit might provide a useful conclusion to the Working Party‟s

deliberations, as might a cost/benefit analysis of the SWAC. The co-operation agencies needed to be

closely involved in the deliberations.

The Netherlands maintained their financial commitment. Organising a forum alongside the SPG meeting

was seen as a good initiative. A study on fuller integration of the Club‟s Secretariat into the OECD

Development Cluster should be considered.

7 This summary of the position of the ECOWAS Commission is based on the statements made by the representative

of the latter at the meeting on 10 December and on a conversation between the acting Director of the Secretariat,

the SWAC Chair and Commissioner Ousseini Salifou on 9 December.

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ROPPA8 emphasised the co-responsibility of the North and the South and recalled that the SWAC

platform, a neutral and open forum, had played a major part in the development of a regional farmers‟

movement in West Africa. This function in providing support for socio-professional movements seeking a

role in the design and implementation of regional policies needed to be revitalised. This would require

flexible budgets managed by the Secretariat. Such budgets must allow those organisations to respond more

swiftly and to play a part in discussions, a role which the pre-allocated budgets beforehand precluded them

from playing. ROPPA felt that it was essential to attach the SWAC Secretariat to the OECD. This position

would allow the Secretariat to inform West African actors of global debates and trends in public aid for

development. It would also allow West Africa to make its voice heard in those global debates. In 2010,

ROPPA, with the backing of ECOWAS, UEMOA and the CILSS, wanted to initiate work on an action

plan for food sovereignty secured by family-run farms against a background of climate change. It wanted

the Club to support its work in that area. The same applied to the support expected from the Club in

organising the Round Table for Partners.

Switzerland said that it would maintain its financial commitment, while regretting that the 2008-2012

policy programme could not be fully completed due to the financial situation. It hoped that the range of

activities could be scaled back by as early as 2010 and wondered whether organising a forum on the scale

of that of 9 December every year was really warranted. It nonetheless congratulated the Secretariat on its

successful mobilisation of different networks for this Forum. An independent institutional audit might

provide helpful input for the deliberations on the SWAC‟s future. The SWAC Secretariat must not turn

towards research. It needed to remain close to the OECD in order to provide a link between discussions at

global level and those at the level of West Africa. The SWAC needed to capitalise on its role as a platform

providing a link between protagonists in relation to specific issues.

8 Network of Farmers‟ and Agricultural Producers‟ Organisations of West Africa.

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ANNEX 1: AGENDA

Presentation

The meeting of the Strategy and Policy Group (SPG) of the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD)

will follow a new format.

The first day will consist of a conference open to all of the stakeholders concerned by a topical issue. Every year a subject shall be chosen by SPG members. This year it will focus on “Pressures on West

African land” (see www.oecd.org/swac/land). In line with the recommendations made at the last G8

meeting and proposals by the United Nations, this meeting will bring together representatives of farmer

organisations, producers, civil society, investors, Ministers from West African and OECD countries,

parliamentarians from the North and South, high-level representatives from the AfDB, AU, CILSS,

ECOWAS, UEMOA, researchers, representatives from co-operation agencies as well as international

organisations. The objective of the meeting is to define a roadmap that would focus on:

Raising awareness among leaders of frameworks respectful of human rights, the economic, land

and social environment for investment in West African land;

Promoting dialogue in order to take into account these frameworks in the evaluation and

agricultural investment policy reform processes in OECD and West African countries.

All of the participants in the 25th annual meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), being

held simultaneously in Bamako from 8 to 11 December 2009 (see: www.oecd.org/swac/rpca), will also be

associated with this conference.

The second day will be a more restricted meeting with SWAC members (representatives of contributing

countries, West African states and regional organisations such as CILSS, ECOWAS and UEMOA as well

as observers (networks and civil society associations). It will examine the SWAC‟s strategic orientations

and programme of work and budget. Particular emphasis will be placed on the strategic thinking process

which, in 2010, should better define the SWAC‟s mandate and operational modalities. Over the last few

years, the geography of development and the geo-political world have changed greatly. West Africa is

being offered new opportunities while at the same time facing new challenges. Much has changed also in

the world of development aid. The SWAC has already proven its capacity to adapt and must take into

account this new configuration by:

Widening the scope of its West African members and partner countries in the region;

Relying on the support of the partner countries and optimising their political and scientific

capital;

Promoting regional expertise and the Secretariat‟s network of partners;

Optimising the Secretariat‟s position within the OECD.

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Strategic Orientations of the SWAC/OECD

8.00-8.15: Opening

8.00-8.15: Mr. François-Xavier de Donnea, SWAC/OECD President

8.15-8.30: Mr. Charles Michel, Minister of Co-operation of Belgium

8.30-12.30: Strategic thinking on regional issues/challenges and actions of the SWAC/OECD

Chair: Mr. Charles Michel, Minister of Co-operation of Belgium

Facilitator: Mr. François-Xavier de Donnea, SWAC/OECD President

This first session should consist of broad strategic thinking on West African regional issues and the SWAC‟s

action based on three activities carried out recently within the SWAC.

8.30-8.45

Results of the discussions held on 9 December regarding commercial pressure on land. Professor Olivier de

Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food.

The SWAC has brought together stakeholders from the North and South to address this issue that

concerns local, national, regional and international governance, food security as well as economic

development. Placed deliberately within the global debate (G8, United Nations principles, AU

guidelines), this segment aimed to define operational ways forward taking into account West

African specificities. What are the strengths and potential of such an approach?

8.45-9.15: Discussion

9.15-9.30

The Charter for Food Crises Prevention and Management in West Africa. Mr. Sibiri Jean Zoundi,

SWAC/OECD Secretariat and Mr. Dramane Coulibaly, CILSS Executive Secretariat.

At the request of members of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), the CILSS and

SWAC/OECD Secretariats have been co-ordinating since 2007 the revision of the 1990 Food Aid

Charter in order to adapt to the evolution of food crises and the types of response instruments. In

line with the recent global summit on food security, the two Secretariats are proposing that the

negotiation of this new charter be among their priorities for 2010. This involves monitoring and

co-ordinated action on human security and improving aid effectiveness in the spirit of mutual

responsibility. The prospects and structural uncertainties require such an initiative. Analyses

indicate that food product prices should continue to increase over the next few years. In addition,

although unpredictable, climatic events such as droughts and floods are anticipated. What are the

modalities for this negotiation process?

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10.30-10.45: Break

10.45-11.15 Security implications of climate change in the Sahel. Mr. Philipp Heinrigs, SWAC/OECD Secretariat

The Sahel zone is at the core of major security concerns with tensions around energy (oil, uranium)

and natural (land, pastureland, water) resources, the resurgence of Tuareg irredentism, human

trafficking, drug and weapons smuggling, border disputes, terrorism, etc. Along with these concerns

is the climatic vulnerability of an area which is characterised by large rainfall variability. In

collaboration with African and specialised international institutions, renowned research centres and

with the financial support from France and the United Kingdom, the Secretariat is co-ordinating a

team of experts to assess the links between climate changes and security events. What lessons could

be drawn from past climatic, socio-economic evolutions as well as the history of conflict? A map of

vulnerable zones will be presented in addition to an analysis of the relationship between climatic

events and crises. The presentation will also be an opportunity to provide the most up-to-date

information concerning long-term climatic perspectives in the zone. This regional study will also be

presented at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen.

(14 December 2009, 18.00 – 20.00, EU Pavillon).

See: www.oecd.org/swac/climatechange


11h45-12h15 Lessons from other work carried out within the SWAC/OECD. Mr. Laurent Bossard, SWAC/OECD

Director ad interim with the Malian Ambassador H.E. Aguibou Diarrah (former Director of the National

Borders Directorate of Mali and Director of the African Union Border Programme):

The SWAC/OECD promotes innovation, encourages regional political dialogue, supports the

definition and the implementation of regional policies, analyses structural changes, monitors

cyclical evolutions, etc. A more general open discussion will be held on West African regional

issues and on the relevance of the SWAC’s action through several examples of other activities

carried out within the SWAC in areas such as regional integration, governance, peace and security

as well as prospective strategic thinking.

12.30- 14.00: Lunch Break

http://www.oecd.org/swac/climatechange

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14.00-19.00: Orientations of the SWAC/OECD Secretariat for 2010 and beyond

Chair : Mr. François-Xavier de Donnea, SWAC/OECD President

Facilitator: Mr. Eric Burgeat, CCNM/OECD Director

This session, restricted to SWAC/OECD members, will focus on the orientations the SPG would like the

SWAC and its Secretariat to follow for 2010 and beyond. A working document will be sent to SPG

members.

14.00-14.15: Introduction by Mr. François-Xavier de Donnea, SWAC/OECD President

14.15-14.45 Progress and prospects of the SWAC/OECD restructuring process; Assessment of 2009 activities, interim

2010 programme of work and budget. Mr. Laurent Bossard, SWAC/OECD Director ad interim

14.45-16.15

Exchange of views with regional institutions (AU, CILSS, ECOWAS, UEMOA) and other West African

partners.

16.15-17.15: General discussion and validation.

17.15-18.15: Discussion on the financial prospects.

18.15-18.30: Any other business and closing.

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ANNEX 2: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS9

Président CSAO/OCDE

M. François-Xavier DE DONNEA

Ministre d'Etat, Président de la Commission des Finances et

du Budget

Chambre des Représentants de Belgique

557 Avenue Louise

1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Tel. +32 2 549 85 07

Fax: +32 2 549 91 51

Email: [email protected]

I. COUNTRIES/PAYS

Austria/Autriche

Mr. Hannes HAUSER

Head of Planning and Programming for Development Coop

Division

Ministry for European & International Affairs

Minoritenplatz 8

1014 Vienne

Tel. +43 1 50115 04482


Belgium/Belgique

M. Charles De Bois d’ENGHIEN

Conseiller/Chef de Service „Coopération Régionale‟

Rue des Petits Charmes 15

1000 Bruxelles

Tel. +32 2 501 45 22

Email : [email protected]

Mme Myriam BACQUELAINE

Bureau de la Coopération au Développement

Ambassade de Belgique au Mali


M. Luc RISCH

Chef du bureau de la Coopération au Développement

Ambassade de Belgique

BP: E1633

Bamako, Mali

Tel. + 223 20 21 96 22

Fax: + 223 20 21 12 79


M. Adrien THEATRE

Ambassadeur

Ambassade de Belgique

BP 524

Dakar, Sénégal

Tel. +221 33 889 43 90

Fax: +221 33 889 43 98


9 Participants marked with an asterisk attended on the first session only.

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Canada/Canada

Ms. Marie-Frédérique ROCHE

Premier Secrétaire

(Coopération - Programme régional)

Ambassade du Canada à Ouagadougou

316 Avenue Joseph Ki-Zerbo

01 BP 548 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Tel. +226 50 31 18 94

Fax: +226 50 31 19 00


Mme Christiane VEKEMAN

Agent Principal de Développement

Fonctionnaire de l‟ACDI

Agence Canadienne de Développement International

200, promenade du Portage

K1A 0G4 Gatineau - Canada

Tel. +1 819 934 3504

Fax +1 819 953-9454


France/France

M. Serge SNRECH

Chef du Pôle Efficacité et cohérence de l'aide

Direction Générale de la Mondialisation, du Développement

et des Partenariats

Ministère des affaires étrangères et européennes

Sous-Direct. des Stratégies de Dév.- Direct. écono

27, rue de la Convention, CS 91533

75732 Paris Cedex 15

Tel. +33 1 43 17 68 97


Germany/Allemagne

Ms. Birgit JOUSSEN

Première Secrétaire

Ambassade de la République fédérale d'Allemagne

BP 100

Bamako, Mali

Tel. +223 20 700 770

Fax: +223 20 22 96 50

Port:+ 223 78 69 01 86


Netherlands/Pays-Bas

S.E.Mme Ellen Ch. W. VAN DER LAAN

Ambassadeur des Pays-Bas au Mali

Bamako, Mali

Tel. +223 20 21 95 72

Fax: +223 20 21 36 17


Mr. Joost NELEN*

Rural Economic Development

SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation

Rue 17.02 porte N°5,

Quartier Gounghin sud-secteur 8, 01 BP 625

Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

Tel. +226 50 34 25 23

Fax: +226 50 34 11 57


Mr. Henk NUGTEREN*

Conseiller devunit rural

SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation


Tel. +226 78 80 49 21


mailto:[email protected]


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Switzerland/Suisse

Mr. Hansjürg AMBUHL

Chef, Division Afrique de l'Ouest

Département fédéral des affaires étrangeres (DFAE)

Direction de développement et de la coopération (DDC)

Domaine de Direction Coopération Régionale

Freiburgstrasse 130

3003 Berne

Tel. +41 31 322 34 00

Fax: +41 31 322 63 30


M. Jean-Luc VIRCHAUX

Directeur Résident de la DDC

Direction du Développement et de la Coopération

Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation

2517 Route de Koulikoro, Quartier Hippodrome

Bamako, Mali

Tel. +41-31-322 3449

Fax: +41-31-322 6330


United States (USAID)/Etats-Unis (USAID)

Mr. Jorge OLIVEIRA

Food Security Advisor, West Africa Regional Program

USAID - ANRO

PO Box 1630, No. 24 Fourth Circular Rd., Cantonments

Accra, Ghana

Tel. +233 21 741 379

Fax: +233 21 741 365


II. INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS/ORGANISATIONS INTERNATIONALES

African Union/Union Africaine

M. Aguibou S. DIARRAH*

Chef du programme frontière

Département de gestion des conflits

Union africaine

BP 3243

Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

Tel. +251 910 162 236


CILSS

M. Alhousseini BRETAUDEAU

Secrétaire exécutif

CILSS

03 BP 7049

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

M. Dramane COULIBALY

Coordonnateur

PRA/SA-LCD-POP DEV

CILSS

Tel. +226 50 37 41 25


Tel. +226 50 37 41 25/26

Fax: +226 50 37 41 32


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ECOWAS/CEDEAO

Mrs. Saran SERE SEREME*

Député/Présidente de la Commission

Agriculture, Environnement, Ressources en Eau et

Développement rural

Parlement de la CEDEAO

01 BP 6482


Tel. + 226 70 26 25 50


UEMOA

M. Hamza Ahmadou CISSE

Directeur de Cabinet

UEMOA

01 BP 543


Tel. + 226 50 31 88 73

Email: [email protected]/ [email protected]

United Nations/Nations Unies

Prof. Olivier DE SCHUTTER*

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

UN Human Rights

c/o OHCHR - Palais Wilson

United Nations Office at Geneva

1211 Genève 10, Switzerland

Tel. +41 22 917 96 15

Fax: +41 22 917 90 06


OECD/OCDE

Mr. Eric BURGEAT

Director CCNM

Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members

2, rue André-Pascal

75016 Paris, France

Tel. +33 1 45 24 80 27


Mr. Mike PFISTER*

Investment Policy Officer

DAF/INV

Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs

75016 Paris

Tel. +33 1 45 24 84 48


mailto:[email protected]/


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SWAC-OECD/CSAO-OCDE

2 rue André-Pascal, 75016 Paris, France

Fax: +33 1 45 24 90 31

Mr. Laurent BOSSARD

Director ad interim

Tel. +33 1 45 24 78 55


Mr. Philipp HEINRIGS

Programme Officer

Tel. +33 1 45 24 89 85


Mlle. Jamila YAHI

Administrative Officer

Tel. +33 1 45 24 98 25


Mr. Sibiri Jean ZOUNDI

Principal Administrator

Tel. +33 1 45 24 19 82


III. PRIVATE SECTOR / PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS / RESEARCH INSTITUTES

International Land Coalition

Mr. Michael TAYLOR*

Programme Manager

Africa Region and Global Policy

International Land Coalition

Secretariat at IFAD

Via Paolo di Dono, 44

00142 Rome, Italy

Tel. +39 0654 59 22 67 /+ 39 33 86 70 13 16


Inter-Parliamentary Union/Union interparlementaire

Mrs. Elisabete AZEVEDO*

Program Officer on Development Issues

Inter-Parliamentary Union

Chemin du Pommier, 5 - CP 330

1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Genève, Switzerland

Tel. +41 22 919 4182


ROPPA

M. Mamadou CISSOKHO

Président d'honneur, ASPRODEB

ROPPA

8 Bd de l'Est x Rue 2 bis Point E, BP 249

Dakar, Sénégal

Tel. +221 824 38 51

Fax: +221 825 56 65


Sud Communication

M. Guy-Michel BOLOUVI

Journaliste

BP 145

Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso

Tel. +226 70 33 24 16



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