Joint SWAC/ECOWAS workshop on Post-conflict and Development

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1 Sahel and West Africa Club/OECD & Economic Community of West African States Agenda Joint SWAC/ECOWAS workshop on Post-conflict and Development (for the Development of a Regional Post-conflict Reconstruction Policy) Golf Hôtel Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire 3-5 June 2008

2 Schedule of Sessions Tuesday 3 June OPENING CEREMONY Welcome participants OPENING CEREMONY chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr. Guillaume SORO Introduction by the organisers, partners and presentation of the objectives: - Mrs Fatoumata HAMZA BAMBA, Minister of Reconstruction and Reintegration - Mr. Mamadou KONE, Minister of Justice and Human Rights, - Professor N Galadjo BAMBA, ECOWAS Commissioner for Macroeconomic Affairs - Colonel Yoro KONE, Director of Early Warning, representing ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security - Mr. Massaer DIALLO, Head of the SWAC s Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace and Security Unit, Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC/OECD) Coffee Break Opening Statement by Mr. Mamadou KONE, Minister of Justice and Human Rights, representing the Prime Minister Recollection of the Praia workshop and schedule of sessions Chairman: Professor Basile GUISSOU, Burkina Faso Rapporteurs: Mrs Mac Dilla HOWARD, Liberia Mr. Victor Komla ALIPUI, Togo Mr. Massaër DIALLO, Head of Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace and Security Unit (SWAC/OECD) Colonel Yoro KONE, Director of Early Warning, ECOWAS Discussion Lunch 2 P a g e

3 STRATEGIC APPROACH AND OUTLINING POST-CONFLICT What are the complementarities between NEPAD s post-conflict strategy and ECOWAS Strategic Plan? by Mr. Souleymane ZEBA, ECOWAS President s counsellor Discussion POST-CONFLICT AND POST-CRISIS: HOW TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT POST-CRISIS CHALLENGES IN A REGIONAL POST- CONFLICT STRATEGY? THE CASES OF COTE D IVOIRE, GUINEA AND TOGO Introduction by the Sahel and West Africa Club, Mr. Massaër DIALLO, Head of the SWAC s Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace and Security Unit Presentation by ECOWAS Commissioner, Professor N Galadjo BAMBA Coffee Break Discussion END OF FIRST WORKING DAY *** 3 P a g e

4 Wednesday 4 June INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE STUDIES ON POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Orientations and challenges of economic and social reconstruction in Liberia and Sierra Leone, by Mr. Byron TARR, International consultant h00 Discutant: Dr. Osman GBLA, Executive Director, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone The private sector in post-conflict reconstruction in Guinea Bissau, by Mr. Birane SANE, Manager of the Post-conflict Co-participation Fund in Guinea Bissau Discutant: Mrs Macaria BARAI, Manager, Guinea Bissau Discussions Coffee break Continuation and end of discussions Lunch Restoration and strengthening of the State: Cote d Ivoire, by Mr. François KOMOIN, Magistrate, Association ivoirienne pour le Développement du Droit Women and Post-Conflict: point of view from Cote d Ivoire, Me Françoise OFFOMOU, Lawyer 15h00 15h20 5. Lessons learned in Post-Conflict in Rwanda, Mr. Kladoumadje NADJALDONGAR, CELTHO, African Union, Niamey Discutant : Mrs Agnès DIAROUMEYE, Sociologist, Niger Coffee break Discussions END OF SECOND WORKING DAY 4 P a g e

5 Thursday 5 June PERSPECTIVES AND WORKING MODALITIES WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING A REGIONAL POST-CONFLICT POLICY ECOWAS Presentation: Review of ECOWAS current relationships with national and international post-conflict actors, by Professor N Galadjo BAMBA, ECOWAS Commissioner Forming of Working Groups Groupe 1 : State, Governance, Security and Conflict Prevention Coffee break Plenary session Groupe 2 : Human Development in Post-Conflict situation Groupe 3 : Economic Development and middle and long term perspectives Restitution of Group Restitution of Group Restitution of Group Lunch Proposals for action and modalities supporting the development of a regional policy Adoption and closing CLOSING COCKTAIL END OF WORK 5 P a g e