Legacy of the FREXUS Project // Final Products
After four years of diligent implementation, the conclusion of the FREXUS project, was successfully achieved in June 2023. Throughout this time, the FREXUS project has produced a wide variety of products and tools to support security and climate resilience in a fragile context through the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus. The project focused on local areas in Niger, Mali and Chad. This is a comprehensive list of the core achievements and key products.
A deepened understanding of social and environmental factors in fragile areas
Since its start in 2019, the Frexus project has aimed to establish climate resilient development opportunities to help counter negative spirals of resource scarcity and conflicts. This is an overview of the projects core products and major achievements:
List of final Products
Factsheets
Publications
- Frexus Booklet: Promoting change through an inclusive approach EN / FR
- Frexus Approach Guidelines: Fostering Climate Security in Fragile Contexts EN / FR
- Policy Brief: From Forecast to prevention EN / FR
Tools
- Global Early Warning Tool (The aim of the Global Tool is to help relevant actors identify conflict hotspots before violence erupts and understand the local context.)
- Methodology of the Global Tool
- Local Analytical Tool Mali / Chad / Niger
Training Material for security actors (FR only)
- Guide de formation
- Session 1 - Conflits paix et sécurité
- Session 2 - Sensibilité aux conflits
- Session 3 - Changements climatique et sécurité
- Session 4 - Etat actuel & tendances
- Session 5 - Nexus EESA
- Session 6 - Analyse systémique
- Session 8 - Approches Nexus EESA
- Session 9 - Concepts et outils
- Session 10 - Conception d'un processus participatif
- Session 12 - Solutions Nexus EESA
- Session 13 - Planification d'actions pour les solutions Nexus
Studies
- Baseline Study Mali / Chad / Niger
- Conflict Analysis Mali / Chad / Niger
- Climate Risk Assessment Mali / Chad / Niger
- Report on the co-development of analytical tools
- Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest Investir la filière agricole (FR only) - Interview of Alexandre Mesnil (by Institut Montaigne)
Media
- Télé Sahel GIZ Region Dosso
- TV Bonférey GIZ Accords sociaux DOSSO - YouTube
- Community radio sessions in Chad Part 1
- Community radio sessions in Chad Part 2
Interview
Videos
- Country video Mali Long / Short
- Country video Chad Long / Short
- Country video Niger
Success Stories from Mali, Niger and Chad
- The Frexus project in Niger - Success story of Hamadou Amadou: Video / Factsheet
- The Frexus project in Niger - Success story of Adamou Hamadou: Video
- The Frexus project in Chad - Success story of Zara Ali
- The Frexus project in Chad - Success story of Abdoulaye Mahama
- The Frexus project in Mali - Success story of Mata Cissé: Video / Factsheet
- The Frexus project in Mali - Success story of Moustapha Wane: Video / Factsheet
- The Frexus project in Mali - Success story of Moktar Diarr: Video / Factsheet
Webinars and Events
- COP26 (2021) session – Water Climate and borders - The role of River Basin Cooperation for Climate Resilience
- World Water Week 2021 - From forecast to prevention: Acting on resource-related conflict risks
- World Water Week 2022 – Improving security and climate resilience with participatory processes
- Paris Peace Forum 2022 – Peace by the people: involving civil and society in conflict resolution
- Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development 2022 - Building resilience to climate-security risks in the Sahel: Insights from research and practice
- Fragility Forum 2022 - Addressing the Compound Risks of Fragility and Climate Change
- COP27 (2022) The water-energy-food nexus in the Sahel, North Africa and the Middle East
We encourage our readership to utilise and share these tools and products and thereby contribute to spreading Nexus knowledge.
— Vision of the Frexus ProjectPeaceful and climate-resilient communities managing their land, natural resources and ecosystems.