CONCLUSION Within the present context of advanced globaisation, which is perceived by certain observers as a golden opportunity to seize, and by others as the imposition of a sole thought, an era of frustration, injustice and even hiden domination agenda, the analysis of the actual situation in Mali, in the all-inclusive area of peace, security and development, reveals a lot of inadequacies and huge needs which are not attended to. They constitute potential obstacles to the processes of entrenching democracy and promoting development. Today, the country is largely exposed to a multitude of threats and vulnerabilities lnked to climate changes, proliferation of weapons, drug trafficking, terrorist threats, consequences of conflicts in the neighbourhood, epidemic and pandemic diseases, the contagious effects of political instability, economic and financial crisis, etc. Under these circumstances, it appears urgent to tackle the identified security challenges with result-oriented counter­measures. This cannot be done by one country alone but collectively, within the framework of inter-State cooperation based on mutual confidence. In the same vein, a participative and planned governance of the security sector is imperative. Such a process is today sought for everywhere by the West African populations. It is feasible under the present context of democratisation in the sub-region. The only requisite is to capitalise on inter-dependency, good practices and fruitful consensus between States towards adopting a common strategy against insecurity in general and organised crime in particular, a strategy that is based on Shared Security Governance, within the framework of a « REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURITY IN WEST AFRICA» . Such a conference will discuss and develop a certain number of standards and regulations which will make it possible, on the one hand, to move towards harmonizing the normative framework of security and, on the other hand, towards improving the global security situation in the ECOWAS Sub­95