The regional workshop in Francophone Africa was held from 7-10 October 2014 in Bamako, Mali. It has allowed 20 participants from 7 Consortium organisations and 6 different countries to get to know all Consortium projects in Francophone Africa and the expertise of all member organisation. The areas of collaboration could have been identified and it has been agreed to develop a communication strategy, which will facilitate exchanges at all levels (internal, between consortium members and externally with other partners) within the next month.