Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS)
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Comité Interestatal Permanente de Lucha contra la Sequia en el Sahel
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URL: http://www.cilss.int/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CILSSinfos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/systeme.cilss/
Founded
1973-09-12
History
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Research obstacles to achievement of food security and enhanced natural resources management in the Sahel, to better define appropriate strategies and effective policies for sustainable development of the region; coordinate, at the subregional and regional levels, reflection and action to ascertain food, ecological and demographic constraints hampering sustainable economic growth; collect, process and disseminate quantitative and qualitative data to inform and sensitize member states and the international community with regard to ecological and human problems relating to development of the region; contribute to coordination of development, research and training policies implemented to combat the effects of drought and desertification; promote the implementation of activities of subregional, inter-state and regional interests, contributing to strengthening cooperation among member states in their joint efforts to combat effects of drought and desertification, and monitor activities that should contribute to regional integration; contribute to coordination of emergency aid obtained in regional or subregional contexts to promote its use as a factor of development.
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Special agreement with: B-XB3383 - UNESCO; B-XE3386 - UNIDO. Relationship agreement with: D-XD4477 - Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice); B-XB0971 - FAO. Cooperation Agreement with: F-XF1721 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Cooperates with: D-XJ7857 - West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL). Observer to: E-XE4161 - UNEP Governing Council. Accredited by: E-XK1561 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Secretariat (UNFCCC). Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Agreement with: U-XK0872 - Disaster Management Training Programme (DMTP). Instrumental in setting up: H-XE1823 - Centre for Applied Research on Population and Development; U-XE8320 - Centre régional d'énergie solaire (CRES); H-XF8391 - Sahelian Scientific and Technological Information and Documentation Network. Links with:
- E-XE9583 - African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC);
- E-XE3028 - African Union Scientific Technical Research Commission (AU STRC);
- F-XF1048 - Arab Maghreb Union (AMU);
- F-XF4540 - Banque ouest africaine de développement (BOAD);
- E-XE6070 - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD);
- F-XF4577 - Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa (CMA/WCA);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD0453 - Entente Council;
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF);
- F-XF9809 - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS);
- E-XE3869 - Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (AU-IAPSC);
- H-XE1086 - Inter-Agency Working Group on Desertification (IAWGD);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- H-XD4474 - Liptako-Gourma Integrated Development Authority (LGA);
- F-XN5321 - Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel (OSS);
- F-XE4356 - Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB);
- F-XF3713 - Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (UEMOA);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- H-XF2020 - United Nations Trust Fund for Sudano-Sahelian Activities;
- F-XE3543 - World Food Programme (WFP);
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Links indicated by: D-XM6164 - Global Dryland Alliance (GDA); E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); U-XF4843 - UN System Network on Rural Development and Food Security.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: F-XF2198 - ICSC - World Laboratory. Partner of: F-XM7167 - Global Resilience Partnership (GRP). Instrumental in setting up: U-XF6374 - Ministerial Lobby Group; F-XF4781 - Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires (RPCA). Links with: H-XD8094 - African Association of Education for Development; Fondation énergies pour le monde; F-XF2717 - Foundation for Sustainable Food Security in Central West Africa (SADAOC Foundation); E-XD3046 - Pan African Institute for Development (PAID); U-XF3873 - Sahel défis - développement et environnement, formation et insertion sociale; E-XD6784 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Links indicated by: F-XJ2722 - ACP Civil Society Forum (ACP CSF); E-XE1527 - Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA); D-XJ8157 - West African Association for the Development of Artisanal Fisheries (WADAF).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
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XD4566
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