This project is designed to support the African Union Commission in the implementation of the GGWSSI in the framework of the first action plan (2008-2010) of the Africa-European Union strategic partnership (under theme six-Climate change) that was adopted in Lisbon in December 2007 during the second European Union-Africa Summit as well as the Joint Africa EU Strategy Action Plan 2011-2013...

Land degradation in arid areas have put under threat the livelihood of millions of people around the world; 10 million hectares of arable land are being degraded per annum; of the 130 million hectares of land seriously affected, 50 percent is in Africa. Through the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative, Africa will be...

This report illustrates the inputs and recommendations of the consultation workshop held on 6 and 7 May 2009 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The main objective was to examine and validate the consultants' proposals on the institutional organization, the financial modalities and the technical activities for executing the GGWSSI (see Annex 1). The workshop was attended by national, sub- regional, regional...

This draft “Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Great Wall for the Sahel and Sahara” was generated from the synthesis of the various actions and initiatives undertaken so far at a meeting of the representatives of AUC, CEN-SAD, Senegal, OSS and Comité Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel (CILSS) organized by the CEN-SAD General Secretariat in...

Aims and objective of this study were the following. The overall objective of the assignment is to assess the scope and feasibility of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative, also with regard to possible EC/EU support to identified activities of the initiative. This includes a full update on the state of play of the GGWSSI, and comprehensive...