Experts of Project Lighthouse Africa are participating and engaging in the Common Effort Working group Narrative Management in Conflict Dynamics. In 2019 Common Effort has introduced a three-year regional focus on the G5 Sahel taking into account the foreign policy, security and development priorities of Germany and the Netherlands.

The three-year focus provides the Common Effort Community the necessary time to address the complexity of the region and help the community members assess their own role regarding stabilisation in the Sahel. With regards to the overall objective to promote a comprehensive, whole-of-society approach in addressing issues of security and safety, community members adapted a broad perspective on the conflict dynamics as well as security and development connections.

With the participation of government and civil society representatives from G5 Sahel countries, development workers, diplomats, policy makers and military actors discussed and provided concrete policy recommendations for the following four main themes:

• Using the Comprehensive approach to strengthen all state institutions to ensure governance & justice
• Security governance at the local level including integrated border management
• Trust and dialogue, notably involving women and youth
• Narrative management in conflict dynamics

More Information: https://common-effort.org/common-effort-2019/