Fw: UNESCO, Italia launch media campaign on migration issues; ECOWAS aims to tackle electoral challenges; health coverage in West Africa

[Abel GBETOENONMON]

West Africa Brief 15 July - 7 August 2019 Download Focus UNESCO, Italia launch media campaign on migration issues Launched on 13 July 2019 in Dakar, this project aims to empower young people in West and Central Africa by providing better information about the opportunities and challenges of international migration. The project will focus on capacity-building activities for young journalists and media representatives with a view to producing reliable information and creating a more balanced coverage of migration issues. Read more To be followed   ECOWAS to tackle electoral challenges The ECOWAS Commission organised a symposium on 5 August 2019 to brainstorm on how to achieve greater participation and representation of women, youth, and disadvantaged citizens in politics and electoral processes. Find out more Mali: Inter-community dialogue to foster peace, security and development The government of Mali, with the support of the UEMOA Commission and international partners, multiplies efforts to bring back peace in its fragile border areas. Several intra-community peace agreements have been signed. Find out more A digital marketplace for investors in Africa The African Development Bank launched a new digital platform to better connect private sector representatives and potential sponsors with investment opportunities in Africa. Find out more   Must read   Border cities & climate change This practical guide, produced by the SWAC Secretariat, offers many insights on the legislative and financial levers for developing cross-border initiatives on resilience to climate change. An online version provides easy access to information, including an overview of climate financing tools. The guide also draws on two case studies from Dori (Burkina Faso) and Tera (Niger). Find out more Creating opportunities for rural youth How can young rural women be empowered? How can rural youth prosper in changing agri-food systems? What makes climate change a youth issue? The IFAD Rural Development Report 2019 analyses key challenges of the rural transformation process and opportunities available to rural youth while encouraging thinking differently about investing in rural youth. Find out more   Opinion   How can the demographic transition in the Sahel be achieved? The empowerment of girls and young women face many barriers that are rooted in local, societal and religious norms. "These deeply rooted resistances should not be underestimated”, explains Assiatou Diarra, a doctor and anthropologist from Niger in an article published by Le Monde Diplomatique. Find out more   Who's Who Maria do Rosario Lopes Pereira Goncalves, ECONEC President A Cape Verdean lawyer becomes the head of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC). Elected on 7 August 2019, Maria do Rosario Lopes Pereira Goncalves will be in charge of overseeing the affairs of ECONEC for a two-year mandate. Find out more Maps & Facts   Health coverage in West Africa Nigeria accounts for 80% of the health infrastructure in West Africa. Following the Ebola crisis, Liberia and Sierra Leone increased their investments in the health sector on a massive scale. Sierra Leone now has more hospitals than Côte d’Ivoire, even though that the country’s population is three-times larger. Disparities are even greater within countries. Moreover, there are some 830 health establishments located less than 20 km from a land border. Closer collaboration between border cities could facilitate the development of cross-border health facilities and better meet needs of the region as a whole. Find out more | pdf  © 2019. Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD). All rights reserved. The West Africa Brief presents political, economic and social developments in the region. Special focus is given to news regarding regional organisations (ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS) as well other SWAC members’ activities. The articles should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries.  You subscribed to this West Africa Brief online (www.west-africa-brief.org) or you were recently involved in work conducted by the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD). Mailing address: SWAC/OECD, 2 rue André-Pascal, Paris 75016 - France Subscribe to this list | unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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