2030

strategy

The OSS 2030 Strategy comes as a continuation of the 2020 strategy and the need for its adaptation.

Axes OSS

Our news

 COP28UAE, "Healthy Soils for Land and Climate", UNCCD, CSFD, IRD and CIRAD Side-Event, December 5, 2023

COP28UAE, "Healthy Soils for Land and Climate", UNCCD, CSFD, IRD and CIRAD Side-Event, December 5, 2023

Healthy soils contribute to Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)

Soils stand…

>Read more
 #COP28OSS | Side event on climate finance at COP28

#COP28OSS | Side event on climate finance at COP28

The Sahara and Sahel Observatory organized a side event entitled "Climate Finance…

>Read more
 Mr. Nabil BEN KHATRA, OSS Executive Secretary took part as a panelist in the high-level panel on “The program accelerator: a key tool in the implementation of the Great Green Wall (GGW) in the Sahel"

Mr. Nabil BEN KHATRA, OSS Executive Secretary took part as a panelist in the high-level panel on “The program accelerator: a key tool in the implementation of the Great Green Wall (GGW) in the Sahel"

On the occasion of his participation in the 28th Conference of the…

>Read more

World Soil Day - December 5, 2023 "Soil and Water: a source of life"

World Soil, Water, or even Life Day...What difference would that be? Of course, these are not synonyms, still, they are interdependent and interconnected elements that come together. This is why the theme of the World Soil Day “Soil and Water, sources of life” could not have come at a better time... 

World Soil Day - December 5, 2023 "Soil and Water: a source of life"

Our lines of action

The OSS mission is to support its African member countries in the sustainable management of their natural resources in a particularly disadvantageous climate change context .

icon

Biodiversity

This line will have the strategic objective of providing partner countries with knowledge and methods for assessing biodiversity and adapted ecosystem services.

>Read more
0

Climate

The OSS is accredited as a Regional Implementation Agency for the Adaptation Fund (2013) and for the Green Climate Fund (2017). In this context, the Organization has contributed to improving countries' access to Climate Finance through (i) setting up and financing adaptation and mitigation projects and (ii) strengthening their institutional capacities, and their governance mechanisms.

>Read more
0

Water

The Water line will have the strategic objective of contributing to meeting the water needs of the populations in the OSS member states and to the sustainable management of these resources by putting water on top of the international political agendas.

>Read more
0

Land

As part of its new Strategy, the OSS will work within the framework of the United Nations Decade (2021-2030) for the Restoration of Ecosystems and will align itself with the 2018-2030 UNCCD Strategic Framework and the future post-2020 Biodiversity Global Framework. In particular, it will provide decision-makers and development stakeholders with useful tools for decision-making in the areas of mitigating the negative effects of desertification and land degradation, forecasting and contending with the drought impacts.

>Read more

37

TRAINING SESSIONS

1809

PEOPLE TRAINED

28

AFRICAN BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES

12

TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER SYSTEMS

Project Activities

 COP28UAE | Exchanges and feedback on the experience with the 2 Climate Funds. 
COP28UAE | Exchanges and feedback on the experience with the 2 Climate Funds. 

The OSS shared its experience as an accredited…

 COP28UAE | “The challenges of vulnerability, food security and avenues for adaptation", Decembre 6, 2023
COP28UAE | Food security facing climate change, Decembre 6, 2023

Food security facing climate change

 Mr. Nabil Ben Khatra, OSS Executive Secretary took part in the ministerial meeting
At the COP28UAE, Mr. Nabil Ben Khatra, OSS Executive Secretary took part in the ministerial meeting on “Land Restoration and Resilience to Drought in the Sahel”

Mr. Nabil Ben Khatra, OSS Executive Secretary…

 OSS takes part in side event on access to climate finance for adaptation
Mr. Nabil Ben Khatra, the OSS Executive Secretary, Panelist at the Adaptation Fund Side Event

During his participation as a panelist in the…

L'OSS a pour mission d'accompagner ses pays membres africains dans la gestion durable de leurs ressources naturelles dans un contexte climatique particulièrement défavorable

The OSS mission is to support its African member countries in the sustainable management of their natural resources in a particularly disadvantageous climate change context

Our tools

 Portals and digital tools

Portals and digital tools

As part of the projects implemented in its area of action, the OSS develops portals and interactive digital tools open on the Internet. They make…

 Map tools

Map tools

The geoportals that are developed in accordance with international rules and standards, are interactive platforms that help you query geographic…

 Monitoring of environmental parameters

Monitoring of environmental parameters

These platforms make it possible to consult series of indicators and historical data by visualizing the curves and graphs describing their…

 Instrument for exchanging good practices

Instrument for exchanging good practices

This platform brings together good practices for sustainable land management in the Sahel-Sahara area, collected from the releases of institutions…