The Alliance des États du Sahel (AES) is hosting a ministerial meeting in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to discuss and adopt guidelines for public service, labor migration, and social security. The meeting, attended by ministers responsible for public service, labor, and social protection from the three member states, aims to improve governance in these areas. The guidelines were developed by experts from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
The meeting's objectives include examining, amending, and adopting project documents to enhance governance in public service, labor migration, and social security. The documents to be adopted include a guide to good practices in public service, a common guide for harmonizing practices in hiring migrant workers, a migrant worker's guide, and a convention on the portability of social benefits for workers. These guidelines aim to promote a more integrated and coordinated approach to public service and social protection.
Burkina Faso's Minister of Public Service, Mathias Traoré, emphasized the importance of the meeting, stating that it offers an opportunity to advance the construction of the AES's confederal space. He expressed confidence that the three member states have the necessary human resources, experience, and determination to overcome the challenges. Traoré called on the ministers to make public service an instrument of sovereignty, labor mobility a lever for development, and social security a pillar of justice and solidarity.
Mali's Minister of Labor, Public Service, and Social Dialogue, Dr. Fassoun Coulibaly, noted that the adoption of these guidelines is a significant step towards realizing the common vision of an integrated, solidary, and resolutely progressive social space. He highlighted that the guidelines will help strengthen user trust and promote a more efficient, just, and accountable public administration. Coulibaly emphasized that the AES's citizens can now aspire to a more responsive and effective public service.
Niger's Minister of Public Service, Labor, and Employment, Aïssatou Abdoulaye Tondi, congratulated the experts who developed the documents and stressed that the guidelines reflect the member states' commitment to making confederal integration a factor of protection, solidarity, and social justice. Adama Siguiré, representing the President of the National Commission of the Confédération des États du Sahel, also underscored the importance of the guidelines in giving concrete content to confederal integration.
The AES's efforts to harmonize public service and social protection practices aim to promote a more integrated and coordinated approach to governance. The guidelines adopted during the meeting will help ensure that workers' rights are protected and that public services are more responsive to citizens' needs. The AES's member states are committed to building a more solidary and integrated social space.
The ministerial meeting in Ouagadougou marks a significant step towards achieving the AES's goals of confederal integration. The guidelines adopted during the meeting will help promote a more efficient and effective public service, better labor mobility, and enhanced social protection. The AES's member states are working together to build a more prosperous and equitable future for their citizens.
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- The AES's member states are working to harmonize public service and social protection practices to promote a more integrated and coordinated approach to governance.
