{"id":4809,"date":"2022-02-01T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T11:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2022-02-01T15:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:29:22","slug":"4-years-sahel-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alliance-sahel.org\/en\/news\/4-years-sahel-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting development in a context of fragility: 4 years after its creation, what progress has been made by the Sahel Alliance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since the Sahel Alliance\u2019s inception in 2017, its members have maintained a strong commitment in the Sahel region, despite the challenges. At the dawn of its 4th year of existence, this progress report highlights the current landscape of the donor coordination platform’s action in response to the development challenges in the G5 Sahel countries.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the start of 2022, the G5 Sahel region is a source of concern: several areas are experiencing high levels of insecurity that undermine peace and prosperity. A number of countries are also plagued by political instability, making it harder to build a better future. Poverty and inequality are at the root of the region’s challenges. Yet the Sahel region holds great potential: a young, motivated and talented population, abounding natural resources, renewable energies\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2017, at the initiative of Germany, France and the European Union, the Sahel Alliance currently comprises 26 bilateral and multilateral development partners <\/strong>(including 15 full members, with Sweden joining the initiative last December). In solidarity with the Sahelian people, its members are all driven by a common mission: to provide concrete and collective responses to the development challenges faced by the G5 Sahel countries, in order to improve the living conditions of their populations in the long term.<\/strong> The Sahel Alliance now brings together most of the institutional actors in international cooperation working in the Sahel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Results and recent data on Sahel Alliance projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 4 years, the number of Sahel Alliance labelled projects has more than doubled<\/strong>, reflecting the constant and growing commitment of the coordination platform’s members on development issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to 2019, the number of projects has increased by 17%, from 873 to 1021 (end of December 2020), with a 9% increase in project funding volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four main themes of intervention account for nearly 80% of funding<\/strong>, the main one being decentralisation and basic services (30% of Sahel Alliance funding), followed by agriculture, rural development and food security (22%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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