The OSS department coordinators met this morning with a delegation from the French Development Agency (AFD) composed of Mr. Mathieu Vasseur, Regional Director for North Africa, Ms. Caroline Rozières, Head of the transversal support and regional expertise unit, collective intelligence, Ms. Florence Llorens, Project Officer at AFD and Ms. Karen Colin de Verdière, Agriculture Water Environment Officer - AFD - Tunisia.
NB-ITTAS PROJECT: NATIONAL VALIDATION WORKSHOP OF THE CROSS-BORDER DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS - ADT OF BENIN, COTONOU, MARCH 24-25, 2021
6th Apr 2021 inWithin the framework of the project "Improving IWRM, management and governance based on the knowledge of the Niger Basin and the Iullemeden-Taoudéni/Tanezrouft Aquifer System (ITTAS)" NB-ITTAS, the Sahara and Sahel Observatory in collaboration with the National Interministerial Committee of the project in Benin, organized on March 24 and 25, 2021, the workshop for the validation of the national ADT of the ITTAS aquifer system, Kandi Basin in Benin.
ADAPTWAP PROJECT BUILDS CAPACITY OF NATIONAL PARTNERS ON NEW FINANCIAL REPORTING METHODS, COTONOU, MARCH 24-25, 2021
6th Apr 2021 inOSS organized a training workshop for the national partners of the three countries of the AdaptWAP project (Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger) on the use of the CIEL COMPTA software. This training, provided by OSS financial experts Rafik Ziadi and Nejib Ben Saoud, should enable beneficiaries to become familiar with the software, facilitating collaborative work and the production of effective and harmonized financial reports.
A LOOK BACK AT A RICH OSS MISSION IN EAST AFRICA, BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE, MARCH 2021
6th Apr 2021 inMr. Nabil Ben Khatra, Executive Secretary of the OSS paid a working visit to Uganda and Ethiopia from 15 to 19 March 2021.
During the different meetings, Mr. Executive Secretary had the opportunity to present the Organization, its 2030 strategy and its achievements but also to express the needs and expectations and to exchange on the collaboration perspectives.
The 2019 Africa-GIS Conference Underlines the Imperatives of Technology and innovation for Better Living Conditions in Africa
15th Mar 2021 inKigali, 19 November 2019: A team of experts from the GMES and Africa programme of the African Union Commission are among hundreds of delegates attending the Africa-GIS 2019 Conference in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. The biennial conference is a flagship and marketplace of Geospatial information in Africa organized to contribute to the development of skills and institutional capacity across the continent.
GMES&AFRICA MISSION MEETS PARTNERS AND END-USERS OF WATER, AGRICULTURE AND LAND SERVICES DEVELOPED BY OSS, MARCH 29-31, 2021
6th Apr 2021 inThe Sahara and Sahel Observatory received in Tunis, a mission of the coordination unit of the GMES & Africa program of the African Union, led by Dr. Tidiane Ouattara, coordinator of the GMES&Africa program and composed of Dr. Bachir Saley, Director in charge of water and natural resources and Ing. Hamdi Kacem, Technical Assistant of the program.
Among the highlights of this mission were visits to direct beneficiaries and end-users of GMES services developed by the OSS, leader of the North Africa Consortium.