International Forum for the African Continent (FICA)
Created in 2000, the International Forum for 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 countries on the African continent and from 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
- Discuss future prospects in relation to the year's issues
- To share 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 audience
- Senior civil and military officials, representatives of civil society and local organisations: politicians, diplomats, military personnel, entrepreneurs, directors of research institutes, etc.
Admission: on file
Prerequisites :
- Level of responsibility
- Professional experience relevant to the issues addressed
main themes
- Security for sustainable development in Africa: issues and challenges
- The fight against terrorism in Africa: what can be done about the causes and effects?
- Towards better management of border areas for the benefit of security and development
- New conflicts, new partnerships
educational triptych
- Conferences and debates, round tables
- Visits to military or civil-military sites (civil security, etc.)
- Committee work: The aim is to produce a simplified written report, presented orally by the auditors at the end of the session.
Next session
- from 15 to 19 June 2026
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