10TH MEETING OF THE SPECIAL ENVOYS FOR THE SAHEL: Lessons learned from our partnership and proposals for the future of the Sahel

The 10th Meeting of the Special Envoys for the Sahel will take place in Casa Africa on March 16-17, 2022. The meeting will be inaugurated on March 16th by the Secretary of State of Foreign and Global Affairs of Spain, Ángeles Moreno Bau, and the European Union Special Representative for the Sahel, Emanuela Del Re.

The meeting is organized by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, and the EU Special Representative for the Sahel, Emanuela Del Re.

This informal meeting will bring together representatives and special envoys for the Sahel of partner countries, as well as representatives of the main regional and sub-regional organizations of the Sahel and West Africa and European and Sahelian experts.

There will be four thematic working sessions focused on specific subjects:

1. The security framework in the Sahel: new responses to new challenges

The first session will address the evolution of the security situation in the region, as well as the current framework and instruments, and their transformation, from the point of view of

multilateral and bilateral cooperation.

2. Economic outlook and Development Cooperation in the Sahel

The second session will allow for a debate on access to financial resources, the role of international financial institutions, potential investments, the private sector and the role of Diasporas in facilitating investment processes. The session will also off er a view on the state of development cooperation, the degree of appropriation of projects and the role of international institutions such as the Alliance Sahel, which will soon hold its General Assembly, presided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain.

3. Women and youth in the Sahel: accomplishments, challenges and lessons learned from agents of change and development

The third session will serve to analyze best practices launched to implement the autonomization and promotion of women in the region and to ensure a future for the youth, especially concerning education and professional opportunities, as described by the Multiannual Indicative Programs of the G5 Sahel countries, as well as to implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, framed by UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).

There will be a focus on the role of the Platform of Women of the G5 Sahel.

4. Transitions to Democracy in the Sahel and the challenges of Governance

In the last session, the political situation and the democratic transitions in the Sahel will be discussed, including the Peace process in Mali. The session will be an opportunity to identify

governance priority actions to be implemented throughout the region.

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