Mélanie Langen
Coordinatrice adjointe, ONG Tostan France
Tostan's mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.
Tostan means "breakthrough" in the West African language of Wolof. Since 1991, Tostan has brought its holistic 30-month education program to thousands of communities in ten African countries: Burkina Faso, Djibouti, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Somalia, and Sudan.
www.tostan.org
www.tostanfrance.com
160 contactsI'm in charge of development, communication and coordination of the blog :www.ideas4development.org
Are members Presidents or Executive directors of international organisations such as : UNDP United Nations development programme, WFP World food programme, Francophonie, ADB African development bank, WTO world trade organization, UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and AFD and since a few months UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, UNEP United Nations environment programme and DFID UK Department for International Development.
I'm managing the enlargement of the blog, I follow-up the redactors contributions and implication of new actors in the debate. I'm also in charge of the elaboration and the realisation of the communication plan in coordination with all other agencies members of the blog. At last, my tasks include technical management of the blog and its evolution.