This meeting is part of the review of the framework law to propose drafts of amended or new articles on emerging themes related to the environment. The workshop brought together in a restricted technical group, about fifteen legal experts and environmental technicians under the supervision of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources, Mr. Aoufoh Koffi DIMIZOU, and the Director of the Environment, Mrs. Mery YAOU.
This mission to review the framework law on the environment constitutes the basis of the priority actions of reform 6 of the Togolese Government's roadmap.
The second stage of this mission will consist of the restitution, consolidation and validation of the results of the work of the first stage and will be extended to other sectoral ministries, NGOs and other civil society organizations involved in environmental management as well as to resource persons.
The support to the updating of the Framework Law on the Environment in Togo is part of the implementation of the PREE project by IUCN together with partners in Central and West Africa, including GWP-WA with financial support from Sida.
GWP-WA was represented by its PREE Project Officer, Mr. Yaovi Joseph L. KOGBE.