FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
7 April 2008
Conferees at a recent Civil Society Sub-regional meeting, held at Hotel Auber in Ziguinchor, have asked the West African Network and Peace Building (WANEP) Officers in Ziguinchor, Banjul and Bissau to draw plans that will not only pave way for their active participation in the Casamance Peace Process, but would also bring a durable peace to the war torn region.
This meeting, which was attended by participants from The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau, recommended that Civil Society Organisations should work and coordinate their activities in order to bring peace in the Casamance. The participants spoke of the need for journalists in the three countries to be sensitised on covering the conflict in Casamance to report developments in a professional and responsible manner.
The West African Network and Peace Building is expected to submit a project proposal to AECOM for funding. This project proposal is suppose to cater for activities that would bring all stakeholders in the negotiation table. AECOM has facilitated dialogue between civil society organisations in the Casamance to build their capacity in such a way that they can contribute more effectively to the development of a definitive peace in the Casamance.
Civil Society Organisations from Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal have developed partnerships across borders in areas as diverse as refugees, the struggle against the proliferation of light arms, livestock theft; efforts to improve socio-economic conditions and calming the general climate. They have also reinforced the notion that peace in the Casamance involves its neighbours to the North and South.
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