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<\/a>ALAIN LE PLAIDEUR.\u00a0Agricultural engineer and Doctor in Rural Economy, Alain Leplaideur lives an active retirement: former member of the Scientific Committee of Action contre la Faim<\/strong>\u00a0and President of the CARI association<\/strong> which works in oases and arid regions.<\/p>\nAfter a career as a senior researcher at CIRAD<\/strong>, on agrarian systems and trade in local products, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/strong> to deal with issues of biodiversity, environmental research and sustainable development as a whole, in tropical areas where the ministry conducts projects.<\/p>\n Then, director of research at IRD<\/strong>, he took the lead for one of its five departments, the Department of Support and Training of Southern Scientists, where he used\u00a0research management techniques to promote teams of African, Latin American and Asian researchers.<\/p>\n He has been President of Prospective and Cooperation<\/strong> from 2014 to 2016.[\/vc_toggle]<\/p>\n [vc_toggle title=”Sophie Beau” open=”true” icon=”angle-up” icon_closed=”angle-down” icon_position=”to-right”] She founded Alis\u00e9s Conseil (a health and social engineering consulting company) and was an Associate Director in Prospective & Cooperation.\u00a0She then specialised in project management, strategic counselling and empowerment methods in the social and humanitarian fields.<\/p>\n With a background in Anthropology<\/strong> and Political Science<\/strong>, she managed health programmes for M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0M\u00e9decins du Monde<\/strong> (in Europe, West Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Caucasus) and was the former director of a rehabilitation centre for the social reintegration in France (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Nationale des Associations d\u2019Accueil et de R\u00e9insertion Sociale, Provence Alpes C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur \u2013 Corsica \u2013 Overseas Departments), and structured the activities of the CMA CGM Corporate Foundation for children<\/strong>.<\/p>\n She has gained extensive experience in many areas such as diagnostic studies, planning and programme evaluation, in networking actions and advocacy campaigns.[\/vc_toggle]<\/p>\n [vc_toggle title=”Vincent Wallaert” open=”true” icon=”angle-up” icon_closed=”angle-down” icon_position=”to-right”] He previously held, from 2013 to 2016, the position of Head of the Cooperation Unit<\/strong> at\u00a0the Agency for sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories (AVITEM)<\/strong>, while teaching territorial economics<\/strong> and project management<\/strong> in Masters at Aix-Marseille University<\/strong> and at Science Po Grenoble<\/strong>.[\/vc_toggle]<\/p>\nSOPHIE BEAU is\u00a0Founder and director<\/strong> of the humanitarian organisation SOS M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/a>VINCENT WALLAERT is Head of the Europe Department<\/strong> of the Aix-Marseille-Provence M\u00e9tropole (MAMP).<\/p>\n