Ø Phase 2: It consisted of organising regional consultations, under the aegis of regional governors, on key topics such as: Transborder Crime Challenge, Proliferation of Light Weapons, Management of Community Conflicts, Urban and Suburban and Road Insecurity, Street Riots and Acts of Vandalism on Public Highways, etc. Ø Phase 3: It was devoted to organising the « National Conference on Security and Peace in Mali», which gathered hundreds of actors from the local, regional and national sectors: government representatives, civilian delegates from the regions, commanders of military regions, heads of regional security departments, as well as representatives of civil society organisations, private sector, political parties, local authorities, technical and financial partners. The forum enabled participants to: · Review the recommendations from the regional consultation exercises; · Debate thematic papers of strategic interest such as: ü Security Challenge in Mali, Africa and Worldwide; ü 21 st Century Societies and the Emergence of New Risks within the framework of Sustainable Development; ü Precautionary Principle and Prevention Culture in the Management of Security Environment; ü Security and Decentralisation: The 2025 Challenges; ü Security and Community Conflicts; ü Security Actors and their Responsibilities; ü Outline of a National Security Policy for Mali; ü Outline of a Ten-Year Security Development Action Plan. The said Convention concluded its proceedings with one hundred and twenty-seven(127) recommendations, the most prominent three of which are as follows: 45