Liptako-Gourma Authority (LGA)
Autorité de Liptako-Gourma (ALG)
Headquarters
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Date of creation
3 December 1970
Objectives
The LGA’s objective is to promote a regional framework to enhance and develop mining, energy, hydraulic, agricultural, pastoral, and fisheries resources in the Liptako Gourma area. Since reform in 2017, it has aimed to enhance security cooperation between its member states, to prevent radicalisation, and to address intra- and extra-community conflicts.
Timeline
| 1970 |
Creation of Liptako-Gourma Integrated Development Authority, commonly referred to as Liptako Gourma Authority (LGA) |
| 2017 |
LGA’s development mission extended to security issues |
Normative framework
Activities
Political dialogue
| Date |
Institutions |
Agreement |
| 2005 |
CENSAD |
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) [Accord de Cooperation] |
| 2011 |
WAEMU |
MoU [Accord de Cooperation] – repeals and replaces the MoU signed in 2003 |
| 2013 |
ECOWAS |
MoU on cross-border issues [Accord de Cooperation Transfrontalière] |
| 2013 |
ECOWAS, LGA, Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), Niger Basin Authority (ABN), African Center of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) |
Signature of the Agreement establishing the Framework for Consultation, Cooperation and Partnership between West African Intergovernmental Organizations [Protocole d’accord portant creation du cadre de concertation, de cooperation et de partenariat entre les organisations intergouvernementales de l’Afrique de l’Ouest] |
| 2018 |
G5 Sahel |
MoU [Accord de Cooperation] |
Governance and development
| Areas |
Date |
Activities |
| Border management |
|
Contribution to the AU’s continental programme |
Peace and Security
| Activity |
Date |
Description |
| Multinational operation (aborted) |
2017 |
Decision to create a Multinational Force for Liptako Gourma following the Multinational joint task force (MNJTF) in the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) |
| Cross-border security |
Since 2019- [ongoing] |
Joint project on cross-border cooperation supported by United Nations Development Programme |
