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Demography - Peace - Security in the Sahel

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Demography - Peace - Security in the Sahel

calendar_today 02 December 2020

location_onhttps://zoom.us/j/91534191286

Démographie - Paix - Sécurité au Sahel
Demography - Peace - Security in the Sahel

Register now to participate in the High Level Symposium on Demoghraphy Peace Security in the Sahel

The United Nations Population Fund West and Central Africa Regional Office (UNFPA/WCARO) is organizing a Symposium under the theme “Demography, Peace and Security”, to take place virtually on 2 December, 2020. The main aim of the symposium is to bring in a new narrative on the Sahel region and engage in high-level policy dialogue and advocacy on the link between demography, peace and security based on data and evidence for sustainable solutions and development. The

The symposium will bring together eminent persons from academia and research institutes, representatives of African Union (AU) Member States, United Nations agencies, multilateral and bilateral organizations, civil society organizations and intergovernmental community members, and private sector.

These topics will be considered under the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030 and in particular under Goal 16, which represents a paradigm shift in development policy. The SDGs recognize the importance of peaceful and inclusive societies, justice, and accountable institutions to achieve sustainable development. The topics are also aligned to the commitments made during the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 and the African Union Agenda 2063.

This meeting will include an examination of the empirical relationship between demography, peace and security that is understated in the literature. The discussion will also address issues of planning for development in times of insecurity, conflict and violent extremism, as well as the engagement of the international community and their perspective in the operationalization of the security-development nexus in international cooperation programs.

The meeting will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences and substantive knowledge on these issues, and offer recommendations aimed at strengthening the implementation of the demographic dividend (DD) agenda, and more broadly, the implementation of the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and the AU Agenda 2063 for “the Africa we want”, in the context of high insecurity and fragility in the Sahel.

Invitees will include heads of state and government, ministers and other government representatives from all G5 Sahel countries, development partners, research and academic institutions, private sector and civil society organizations, in addition to UNFPA regional and country representatives.