The OACPS Assistant Secretary-General Her Excellency Ms. Banata Tchale Sow (Chad) joins the Governing Board of Tod’Aérs Global Network [TGN]. Her Excellency Ms. Banata Tchale Sow serves as the Assistant Secretary-General for Macroeconomics, Development Finance, and Programming for the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS). The OACPS-EU Development Cooperation (formerly ACP-EU Development Cooperation) was first established in 1957 between the European Union (EU) and the countries of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP), and 31 overseas collectivities and territories (OCTs) and led to the creation of a European Development Fund (EDF).
At OACPS, H.E. Ms. Banata Tchale Sow oversees the organization strategy, aiming to embrace intra-ACP cooperation that supports inclusive development efforts through the promotion of South-South and triangular cooperation while consolidating and strengthening the existing partnership OACPS-EU (formerly ACP-EU) and other partnerships. The 11th European Development Fund (EDF) intra-ACP strategy aimed to embrace intra-ACP cooperation that supports inclusive development efforts through direct development actions and by promoting and supporting dialogue and consensus-building among the ACP States.
Prior to her appointment at the OACPS Secretariat, H.E. Ms. Banata Tchale Sow served as Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Chad from 2018 to 2019. She has also held several senior positions in the Chadian government, including the position of Minister of Microcredit for the Promotion of Women and Youth (2013 - 2014), Secretary of State for Finance and Budget (2017), Secretary of State for Infrastructure (2016 - 2017), and many more.
H.E. Ms. Banata Tchale Sow holds Advanced Postgraduate Degrees: DESS in Finance and Banking from Centre Ouest africain de Formation en Etude Bancaire (COFEB) in Senegal and DEA in Macroeconomics from the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. She has more than 25 years of professional experience in economics and finance in general, ranging from consulting to administrative governance, with particular expertise in development projects. She has held senior positions in public administration. In addition, she has been actively involved in developing and implementing national, regional, and international policies and strategies.