The Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts of Burkina Faso, Augustin Bambara chaired this Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in Ouagadougou the opening ceremony of the public-private dialogue in UEMOA. it was in the presence of Paul Koffi Koffi, Commissioner in charge of the Department of Business Development, Mines, Energy and the Digital Economy as well as Joël Neubert, Representative of the Delegation of the European Union in Burkina Faso, the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Employers' Organizations of West Africa (FOPAO) Ousseynou Diallo, and Enock Dembele, elected member of the Regional Consular Chamber (CCR) of UEMOA.

UEMOA is working on setting up a platform to stimulate the development of a win-win partnership between the public and private sectors in member states. The workshop, which continues until Friday, October 22, will welcome several personalities who will have to examine and validate the provisional report of the study carried out with the technical and financial support of the Investment Climate Reform Facility (ICR). , and co-financed by the European Union, the OACPS group, the German Cooperation BMZ and the British Council. As a reminder, the Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility is set up to support partner countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and regional institutions in their dialogue process. structured with the private sector to create a more favorable business environment and investment climate.