A key partnership with the G5 Sahel
The members of the Sahel Alliance work Sahel countries, thereby improving the closely with the G5 Sahel member states effectiveness of development aid in the and with the Permanent Secretariat of the region. The G5 Sahel’s Priority Investment G5 Sahel. A partnership agreement was Programme (PIP) and Emergency Develop- signed on 30 October 2018 to increase ment Programme (PDU) are partially funded coordination between the aid supply from by the members of the Sahel Alliance. donors and the needs expressed by the
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The members of the Sahel Alliance have chosen to focus their efforts on six priority areas, in line The G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, launched in 2017 by France, Germany and with the development priorities established by the G5 Sahel countries : Mauritania, Niger and Chad) are facing a the European Union. The initiative now range of multi-faceted crises and security includes 13 multilateral and bilateral threats in various areas. The region has development partners. Their primary experienced an alarming deterioration over objective is to provide coordinated, joint, the past several months. Understanding that targeted and effective solutions to the Energy Agriculture, Decentralisation and Education and Governance Internal security these troubles are primarily rooted in poverty challenges facing the G5 Sahel countries. rural development basic services youth employment and food security and a lack of basic socio-economic services, The Sahel Alliance is neither a new several donors decided to coordinate their organisation nor a financial lobbying group, actions. These development players want to but rather a mechanism to strengthen support long-term stabilisation and partner coordination to provide quicker, more 4 additional cross-cutting topics development efforts throughout the G5 effective and better targeted aid to the most Sahel countries and, particularly, in peripheral vulnerable populations. The priority areas are reinforced by four cross-cutting themes which impact all of the Sahel and neglected areas. The Sahel Alliance was Alliance’s actions :
Gender Youth Climate The private sector
Objectives and characteristics of the Sahel Alliance Who are the members of the Sahel Alliance ? One of the main objectives of the Sahel Alliance (SA) is to increase the speed and flexibility of the implementation of development projects in order to take more rapid and effective action, particularly France UNDP Spain in vulnerable areas. In seeking greater effectiveness, the Sahel Alliance promotes an integrated Germany World Bank The Netherlands territorial approach and synergies between partners through joint facilities. The European Union The United Kingdom Luxembourg AfDB Italy Denmark The 13 members of the Sahel Alliance base all of their actions on four key principles : EIB (EU) Targeting of actions in six priority areas Accountability between partners with regard to shared goals The Sahel Alliance also consists of 11 observer members : New, innovative and more flexible modes of action The United States Switzerland The Gates Foundation A particular commitment to vulnerable and fragile zones Canada Norway The Tony Blair Institute The members fund over 800 Sahel Alliance labelled projects in the region. These projects are Japan Finland Ireland either under way or being explored, representing a total amount of €11.6 billion to be Belgium IFC (WB) implemented. Moreover, the members of the Alliance invested nearly €1.9 billion in the G5 Sahel countries in 2018.