Members of the Sahel and West Africa Club

Members | Observers | Adherence | Mandate & MoU

Members in 2011

All the Members participate in the governance of the Club on an equal basis.

	Belgium: Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs
	ECOWAS Commission: Economic Community of West African States
	CILSS Secretariat: Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
	France: French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
	Germany: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
	Luxembourg: Development Co-operation Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Netherlands (the): Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINBUZA)
	Switzerland: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
	UEMOA Commission: West African Economic and Monetary Union
	United States: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Observers

Observers are closely associated with the Club’s work and invited to participate in the Club’s Strategy and Policy Group (SPG) meetings.

	Austria: Austrian Development Co-operation
	Canada: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
	ROPPA: Network of Farmer Organisations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa

Adherence

Mandate & MoU

The Mandate specifies the mission, composition, structure and modes of financing of the Club. It is signed by all Members of the Club. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covers relations between the Club and the OECD; in particular it defines modalities of the establishment at the OECD of the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat.

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