Harnessing the power of local communities: Making Great Green Wall funding locally-led
A year on from President Macron’s call for a methodology to better channel the One Planet Summit Great Green Wall pledges to the local communities, where are we?
This panel aims to discuss opportunities for implementing the goals of the Great Green Wall by engaging with local communities.
Agenda
Opening: What is the role of civil society in delivering the GGW?
Abakar Zougoulou, Scientific and Technical Director, Panafrican Agency for the Great Green Wall
Evidence: Case studies from civil society action advancing the Great Green Wall
Regreening Africa Leigh Winowiecki, Global Research Leader of Soil and Land Health, CIFOR-ICRAF
Supporting decentralisation of Forest Governance Desire Ouedraogo, Tree Aid Burkina Faso Country Director
The importance of coordinating local civil society at the national level to advance restoration Pierre Omer Ouedraogo, SPONG (Secretariat Permanent des ONG du Burkina Faso), Director/Secretaire Permanent
Panel Discussion: What are the barriers and solutions to making the funding available for the GGW more accessible to CSOs?
Moderator: Tom Skirrow, Tree Aid, CEO
Speakers:
Colonel Gora Diop, Director General/CEO of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) Senegal
Yusuf Maina-Bukar, Director General/CEO of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) Nigeria
Adefires Worku, Adefires WORKU, National Coordinator and Focal Person for the Green Legacy Initiative and the Pan African Great Green Wall
Oumar Gadji, National Director for the fight against climate change in Chad and National GEF Focal Point
