Marcelin SANOU

Pse.apgmv@grande muraille.org

Pan African Agency of the Great Green Wall

(PAGWW)

THE GREAT GREEN WALL INITIATIVE"A Sahelian Lands Development Strategy;

A Front for the Adaptation and Resilience of Populations

to Climate Change“

NAP Expo 2016Bonn , 14 July 2016

• Context

• Vision and Objectives

• Approach

• Governance

• Strategy of Intervention

• Realisations

• 2nd Five Year Action Plan

• Conclusion

Drought

Environmental Impacts

Social and Economic Impacts

Climate change

DESERTIFICATION

Deforestation

Lac Tchad

LANDS DEGRADATION

Interlinked and Interacting Processes

Food Insecurity

Poverty

Water shortage

GGW Initiative: a Transcontinental Programme

Senegal

Mauritania

Mali

Djibouti

Nigeria

Niger

Tchad

Sudan

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Burkina

Sahelian Countries crossed From West to East

2005: Concept

2007: Endorsement by AU

2010: PAGGW creation

Vision

Ensure the transformation of Sahelian arid regions by restoring the

viability and recovery ecosystems and productive systems

Create in 2025 Rural Poles of Production and Sustainable Development

(RPPSD)

Objectives• Curb desertification and help strengthen the adaptability and

resilience of local communities to face Climate Change.

• Fight against poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity;

• Increase reforestation rate in countries crossed by the GGW;

• Reduce soils’ erosion and restore degraded lands;

• Develop and diversify agriculture and livestock in local communities.

A conceptual approach based on clear vision and shared goals

Holistic, Inclusive development support Sahelian Terroirs and operational

participatory near

The initiative is implemented at the National level and international level for transbondary issues

It integrates the 3 UN Conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCD, UNCBD)

Régional and multisectoral

Governance

Political Governance:African Union/CENSAD/Members States

Operational Governance

Regional levelPan African Agency of the Great

Green Wall (PAGGW)

National level

National Agencies of the GGW (PAGGW’s relay in members

States)

Local level

Rural Commitee of SustainableDevelopment

Governance (2)

Pan African Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW)

Ensures coordination, monitoring, elaborating of the frameworkAction Plan and resources mobilization

National Agencies of the GGW

National coordination and implementation of all activitiesprogrammed with and by the local populations.

(Financial contribution)

Rural Commitee of Sustainable Development

Implementation et coordination of field activities

Strategy

Five year cycle

1st cycle 2011-2015

Setting up of operational levers for the GGW's

implementation

2nd cycle 2016 -2020

Rural Poles of Economic Emergence in the Territories of

the GGW (RPEE)

Horizon 2025

Establishment of Rural Poles of Production and

Sustanaible Development (RPPSD) ;

Horizon 2030

Contribution to achieve the SDGs

1st Five year Action Plan

(2011-2015)

Four Majors Strategic Axes

OperationalActivities

CommunityDevelopment

and local Governance

ResearchSupport &

Development

Communication, Marketing and

Advocacy

Seedling Production and Trees Planting

Agroforestry / Lands restoration

Water retention basins/ Fire breaks

GGW’s Realisations

Income Generating activities

Research support to valorize GGW products

Support to basic social services

Realisations (2)

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PANAFRICAN AGENCY OF THE

GREAT GREEN WALL

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Sustainable Land

Management and Green

Economy (SLMGE)

Climate Change, Socio

Economic Development and

Governance in the Sahel

regions (CCSEDS

Information System, Observatory, Early Warning

and Response (ISOEWR)

Communication, Marketing

and Advocacy (CMA)

Research Action and

Development (RAD)

Sustainable Land

Management and Green

Economy (SLMGE)

Climate Change, Socio

Economic Development and

Governance in the Sahel

regions (CCSEDS)

• Reforestation, Restoration and SustainableManagement of Lands and Natural Resources;

• Sustainable Management of Ecosystems and Biodiversity of Dry Areas

•Green Economy and Rural Production Systems

Sustainable Land Management and Green

Economy (SLMGE)

• Climate Change Adaptation / Mitigation and Resilience

• Local Governance and Economy of Natural Resources in the Terroirs

Climate Change, Socio Economic Developmentand Governance in the Sahel regions (CCSEDS)

• Training, Development, Trade and Visits

• Valuation of Local Knowledge

• Applied Research

• Scientific Networks and Mobility in the context of the GGW

Research Action and Development (RAD)

• Information and Awareness

• Communication, Advocacy and Marketing

• Dissemination of Information

Communication, Marketing and

Advocacy (CMA)

• Monitoring and Evaluation / Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity

• Observatory of Climate Change and Local Economic Development

• Early Warning System and Response

Information System, Observatory, Early

Warning and Response(ISOEWR)

Regional studies project

1. Audit and diagnosis of local Development Opportunities (LDO), transboundary Resources and regal and regulatory frameworks of land heritage within the GGW

2. Creating a GGW carbon Bank (CBGGW)

Adaptation and Resilience projects

1. Installation of Agricultural Areas Integrated Community-Based;

2. Creation of Support Centers for the Development of Terroirs (CSCDT);

3. Fight against poverty and food insecurity and

Sustainable Management of Oasis systems.

Infrastructure projects

1. Strengthening Logistics, Technical and Scientific Capacities

of National Great Green Wall Structures of the Member

States;

2. Drinking water supply: Trans Africa Pipeline (TAP);

a solution to the availability of fresh water in areas of the

Great Green Wall;

3. Information System, Monitoring, Early Warning

and Response

Trans continental Program of integration

Through its approach and intervention strategy, the GGW is a real

mechanism of adaptation and resilience to Climate Change

GGWI is an ideal framework for the NAP process by the

implementation of a GGW National Alliance in each Member tates.

This GGWNA integrates all the Sectorial Rural Dvpt department,

Plan, Finance, Education, Health…

Integrated Local Development By and For Local Population is our

Commitment

The GGWI is a challenge for Africa in the service of humanity

Conclusion

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