The Great Green Wall Initiative (IGMV), a strong African response to population poverty, desertification and climate change, is an undertaking led by the African Union for the benefit of the populations of the countries of the Sahelo-Saharan band. Thanks to the multiple opportunities for exchanges and reflections carried out since the first ideas were put forward in 2005, studies and negotiations undertaken, the IGMV to date concentrates many achievements which are among others: -i- a vision shared by all the stakeholders in the initiative including the Community of Technical and Financial Partners; -ii- Expected objectives and impacts responding to socio-economic and environmental concerns; -iii- The establishment of a Coordination and monitoring structure, the Agency Pan-African Great Green Wall (APGMV) based in Ndjamena; -iii- International support favorable to the success of the Initiative, marked by the support of multilateral and bilateral donors. 2.

In March 2012, the Government of Burkina Faso embarked on the process of formulating its IGMV Strategy and Action Plan document (SPA/IGMV/BF) with the technical and financial support of FAO and the European Union on the basis of a consultation of the various stakeholders in sustainable land management: ministerial institutions, decentralized communities, NGOs and development associations, the private sector, women's organizations.