27th Session of the OSS Strategic Orientation Committee, Tunis, January 28, 2025
Held on January 28, 2025 in Tunis, the 27th session of the Strategic Orientation…
Member States
35 Member States
- 28 African countries: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Central African Republic, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Chad & Tunisia.
- 7 non-African countries: Germany, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Luxemburg & Switzerland.
Member organizations
13 member Organizations
- Centre d'Actions et de Réalisations Internationales (CARI)
- The Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
- The Lake Chad Basin Commission (CBLT)
- The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CENSAD)
- Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North African States (CRTEAN)
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Environnement et Développement du tiers-monde (ENDA)
- Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAAGGW)
- Réseau Sahel Désertification (ReSaD)
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
- The Regional Coordination of Users of Natural Resources of the Niger Basin (CRU-BN)
Any State and Organization wishing to join the Sahara and Sahel Observatory may follow the membership procedure outlined in the institution’s statutes. They may also contact the OSS Executive Secretariat to receive the statutory documents and any additional information needed to support their application.
Membership
- States can become members by submitting an official notification to the OSS Executive Secretariat.
- African sub-regional Organizations specializing in combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought, United Nations Organizations and intergovernmental Organizations can become members by submitting an official notification to the Executive Secretariat.
- Only intergovernmental Organizations whose activities comply with the objectives of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory and whose application for membership has been approved by the General Assembly, can become OSS members.
Admission
Who can become an OSS member ?
- States and intergovernmental Organizations that have notified their contributions to the OSS budget in writing.
- International non-governmental Organizations whose official membership application has been sent to the OSS Executive Secretariat and approved by the General Assembly.
- Only international non-governmental Organizations operating in the field of science and whose activities are compatible with the OSS objectives, can become OSS members.
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