Summer school on training and advocacy: sharing experiences and best practices of the Copernicea project, Tunis, July 1-5, 2024
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2030
strategyThe OSS 2030 Strategy comes as a continuation of the 2020 strategy and the need for its adaptation.
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Workshop | Strategic prospective and training on access to sustainable finance: opportunities, skills and actions in the French-speaking area
The Institute of the Francophonie for Sustainable Development (IFDD), subsidiary…
Conférence Internationale : Terres d’Afrique, la dégradation et l’impératif de la Gestion Durable
Dégradation des terres, désertification, perte de biodiversité et déséquilibre…
Like every June 17, humanity celebrates World Desertification and Drought Day. On this occasion, the “United for land. Our heritage. Our Future” slogan is a call to public awareness of the urgency of protecting our land and promoting sustainable managemen
Like every June 17, humanity celebrates World Desertification and Drought Day. On this occasion, the “United for land. Our heritage. Our Future” slogan is a call to public awareness of the urgency of protecting our land and promoting sustainable management of natural resource...
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 .
Biodiversity
This line will have the strategic objective of providing partner countries with knowledge and methods for assessing biodiversity and adapted ecosystem services.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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TRAINING SESSIONS
1809
PEOPLE TRAINED
28
AFRICAN BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES
12
TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFER SYSTEMS
Project Activities
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
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
The geoportals that are developed in accordance with international rules and standards, are interactive platforms that help you query geographic…
