Consolidating peace promotion projects in the Sahel region
Caux, 18–20 July 2016Author: Abdoulaye Bâ
Reviewed by: Sarah Franck
Download the Report
Background
Following the Sahel Platform meetings held in Nouakchott in 2014 and 2015, the third session of the Platform took place in Caux (Switzerland) from 18 to 20 July 2016.
The meeting brought together more than twenty figures working to promote peace, to strengthen social cohesion through inclusive dialogue – notably inter- and intra-religious, and inter- and intra-communal – and to prevent violent extremism, with a view to the effective transformation of conflicts in the region. The countries represented were Mali, Niger, Chad, Nigeria and Mauritania.
Senior officials of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) also took part. In addition, the Ambassador of Mali, H.E. Ms Aya Diallo Thiam, took part on 19 July in a session of exchanges on Mali. She expressed her satisfaction with, and encouragement for, what the Cordoba Foundation of Geneva (CFG) and the FDFA are doing together, both in Mali and in the Sahel region.
Download the Report
