International Crisis Group (ICG) is committed to strengthen the analysis capacity of international actors in the Sahel region by providing them with independent information, analysis and policy recommendations in relation to present or feared deadly conflicts. ICG's reports and other tailored made work constitute a high-quality and recognized source of information used by Switzerland in its decision making process. Thus Switzerland supports ICG's Sahel project, especially as Mali, Niger and Chad are three priority countries of Switzerland and because of the political and social developments, as well as the security threats in the region. This is the second grant provided by Switzerland to ICG for the Sahel region.