United Nations update potential partners on the Integrated Strategy for the Sahel

Abstract

On the margins of the 52 session of the conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and partner UN agencies organized a high-level side event on the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel and the United Nations Support Plan for the Sahel (UNSPS). This meeting was held in the presence of Ministers of Economy and Finance of Sahel countries, the officials in charge of finance, planning, and economic development, investors, UN representatives, development partners and representatives from the civil society and the private sector on 24 March, in Marrakech, Morroco. The panelists included the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Guinea, ECA, ECOWAS, United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel. The event also offered the opportunity for delegates to keep abreast of the ongoing socio-economic study on the Sahel carried out under the auspice of ECA entitled “Sahel 2043: Prospective Study”. Specialized institutions working for the Sahel Region and West and Central Africa have also seized the opportunity of the COM to share with delegates their work on the dynamics and future of the Sahel region. The ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Macroeconomic policy and economic research, HE Kofi Konadu Apraku, concluded the panel discussion by calling on all partners to have a coordinated and concerted efforts to find durable solutions to the challenges of the Sahel.