Global Synthesis “Strengthening coordination and safe spaces for humanitarian and stabilisation action in the Central Sahel”, August 2024

10/09/2024

Stabilisation raises multiple questions for the numerous actors involved. It raises concerns about relevance and efficiency of political approaches (which side to support, who to negotiate with and for what), as well as concerns about unwanted consequences. These factors are also relevant for the humanitarian sector. It is in this context that Groupe URD was commissioned by FCDO to conduct a study to explore these concerns and ways of improving the coexistence of stabilisation and humanitarian interventions. This report is a synthesis of the study, which covered Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Senegal and countries of the Gulf of Guinea.