🌍 Sahel Eco Festival 2025

📍 Location: Lahel, Senegal & Loboudou, Mauritania

📅 Dates: February 15-18, 2025

🎯 Theme: “Sahelian Solutions for Global Challenges”

📢 Organizers: Réseau pour l’Émergence et le Développement des Écovillages du Sahel (REDES) & ADC SALAAYEL

🔊 Simultaneous translation available in English

📅 Day 1 – February 15, 2025: Lahel – Welcome & Inauguration

• 09:00 – 10:00 | Participant reception in Lahel
• 10:00 – 12:00 | Official Opening Ceremony
  • Prayers & blessings by Thierno Madani Tall
  • Speeches by mayors (Gamadji Saré, Dar el Barka)
  • Address by Dr. Ousmane Aly Pame (REDES) & Aly Ly (ADC Salaayel)
  • Keynote by Thierno Madani Tall on ethics & community values
  • Special address by Baaba Maal
  • Performance by Ousmane Camara
  • Statements from Senegalese & Mauritanian Ministers (Culture, Environment, Agriculture)
• 14:00 – 15:00 | Inauguration of Lahel Library & knowledge-sharing discussions
• 15:00 – 16:00 | Tree Planting Ceremony
• 16:00 – 18:00 | Panel: Education & Desertification – Role of education in combating desertification
• 19:00 – 21:00 | Biodiversity Storytelling Night – Music & local storytelling performances

📅 Day 2 – February 16, 2025: Loboudou – Biodiversity & Innovations

• 07:30 – 08:30 | Breakfast
• 08:30 – 10:00 | Travel to Loboudou
• 10:00 – 11:00 | Welcome speeches by Aly Ly & Mauritanian authorities
• 11:00 – 12:00 | Opening of the Eco & Social Innovation Village
  • Exhibitions: sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, water management, health, eco-friendly crafts
• 12:00 – 13:00 | Practical Workshops
  • Beekeeping techniques (modern & traditional)
  • Cheese-making in Sahelian conditions
  • Local seed conservation & multiplication
• 14:00 – 16:00 | Deep Green Talk – “Accelerating the Global Biodiversity Framework” (Intergenerational dialogue)
• 18:00 – 20:00 | Cultural performances
• 20:00 – 22:00 | Documentary Screening
  • Ecological Restoration in the Sahel
  • Turtles – Bamba Documentary
  • Sekem Initiative Promotion Video

📅 Day 3 – February 17, 2025: Loboudou – Climate & Sustainable Agriculture

• 09:00 – 12:00 | Conference: Climate Change & Migration
• 14:00 – 16:00 | Training Workshops (Prof. Tamba)
  • Soil & water management in arid areas
  • Innovative irrigation techniques for sustainable farming
• 16:00 – 18:00 | Forest meditation session
• 18:30 – 19:30 | Roundtable: Food Sovereignty – “The Role of Sahelian Agriculture in Global Transition”
• 20:00 – 22:00 | Traditional music & dance performances

📅 Day 4 – February 18, 2025: Loboudou – Closing & Commitments

• 07:30 – 09:00 | Reflections on the meditation session
• 09:00 – 11:00 | Synthesis Workshops – Key takeaways & practical solutions
• 11:00 – 13:00 | Final Roundtable: Local Solutions for Global Impact
• 14:00 – 16:00 | Closing Ceremony – Speeches by Dr. Ousmane Aly Pame, Aly Ly

🌟 Key Pavilions in Loboudou

• 🏫 Education: Eco-awareness & environmental education
• 🌾 Food Sovereignty: Agricultural & food innovations
• 💧 Irrigation: Advanced water management techniques
• 🏗️ Sustainable Architecture: Eco-friendly construction
• 🌍 Climate Migration: Solutions for climate-induced displacement
• 🏡 Village of Sustainable Alternatives: Renewable energy, crafts, and local initiatives