Members | Observers | Adherence | Mandate & MoU

 

Members in 2013/14

 

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

 

Austria: Austrian Development Co-operation

BelgiumFederal Public Service Foreign Affairs

ECOWAS CommissionEconomic 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

LuxembourgDevelopment 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 CommissionWest 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.

 

Canada: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

EU

European Union:  European External Action Service and European Commission

ROPPA: Network of Farmer Organisations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa

 

Adherence

 

 Eligible for membership are:
  • West African regional organisations;
  • West African countries (ECOWAS members, Chad and Mauritania);
  • Development partner countries;
  • International organisations.

 

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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