NOVOTEL Hotel in Cotonou, Benin served as the framework from 06 to 07 December 2023 for a regional conference on engaging border communities. It was attended by representatives of national border management agencies, international, regional, sub-regional institutions and civil society.

The Regional Conference on the Engagement of Border Communities is part of the objective of promoting regional and cross-border cooperation through the sharing of best practices, lessons learnt & challenges and challenges in order to strengthen mechanisms, policies and institutions for better engagement of border communities. The Chief of Staff of the Minister of the Interior and Public Security emphasized the need to strengthen the framework politique of institutional mechanisms and technical capacities around the commitment. border communities. Abasse Olossoumare said that he hoped that the work of the regional conference would be a forum for sharing experiences and developing recommendations that, once implemented by each of the States, would contribute to improving regional relationships and cross-border cooperation relating to the