FICA - POLDEF
Created in 2000, the IHEDN Forum on the African Continent (FICA) is the successor to the International Session Africa-Madagascar (SIAM) created in 1980. It brings together some sixty high-level auditors from African countries and regional and sub-regional organisations. Each invited country is represented by an auditor from the armed or security forces, or an auditor from civil society.
This forum helps to maintain links with French-, English- and Portuguese-speaking African countries, to raise awareness of French policy towards this continent and to encourage listeners to reflect on the data to be taken into account when drawing up a collective security policy. FICA is held annually.
Objectives
- Discover France's approach to defence, security and international relations on the continent
- To enable discussions on future prospects linked to the year's issues
- Sharing French operational know-how with a view to developing future defence and security cooperation agreements
- Promoting the emergence and consolidation of a privileged cooperation network as part of active diplomacy on the continent
Target groups
Senior civil and military officials, representatives of civil society and local organisations: politicians, diplomats, military personnel, entrepreneurs, directors of research institutes, etc.
Main themes
- FICA 18 - 2017 - Security for sustainable development in Africa: issues and challenges
- FICA 17 - 2016 - The fight against terrorism in Africa: what can be done about the causes and effects?
- FICA 16 - 2015 - Towards better management of border areas for the benefit of security and development
Dates
from 07 october 2019 to 13 october 2019
Contacts
- Conferences and round tables
- Visits to military or civil-military sites (civil security, etc.)
- Work in restricted committees (drafting a report and a position paper), following the main theme of the year (defence, diplomacy, economy, society, etc.).
On file
- Level of responsibility
- Professional experience relevant to the issues addressed
The aim of the committee work is to brainstorm and draw up a report and position paper for high-level government decision-makers.
On completion of their training, auditors are admitted to the Auditors' Association and have access rights to a sharing platform (reports, etc.).
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