This experience was shared at a workshop held in Lomé (Togo), from 29 to 31 October 2019, organised by the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) as part of the implementation of the Projet Elevages et pastoralisme intégrés et sécurisés en Afrique (Integrated and Secure Livestock Farming and Pastoralism in West Africa Project) (PEPISAO). It was supplemented and improved by inputs from some forty pastoral and agricultural associations in West Africa and Chad. The "Collaboration with defence and security forces (DSF) in the prevention and management of conflicts linked to pastoral mobility" experience was conducted in Benin by POTAL MEN "Notre Union", a national NGO under Beninese law, created in 1997. The mission of this NGO is to contribute to improving the living conditions of agro-pastoralists. The experience was carried out in the départements of Atakora/Donga and Borgou/Alibori in northern Benin. It was implemented with technical and financial support from the German Cooperation in Niger (GIZ/ZFD) and the Swiss Cooperation (SDC) through the "Conflict transformation and crisis prevention in the field of cross-border transhumance in Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso" and the “Regional Education and Training Programme for Pastoral Populations (PREPP)” projects respectively.