Members

Strategy and Policy Group

The Strategy and Policy Group (SPG) brings together Members once a year to define the SWAC’s work priorities and approve the programme of work and budget, as well as activity and financial reports. Members also ensure the smooth functioning of SWAC through their financial contributions and designate the SWAC President. The position is currently held by François-Xavier de Donnea, Belgian Minister of State. The SWAC Secretariat is in charge of implementing the work programme. It is placed under the management structure of the OECD Global Relations Directorate.

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Mandate
MoU with the OECD
Adherence
ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS
Members active in West Africa

	Austria: Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA) - Austrian Development Cooperation (ADA)

	Belgium: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

	Canada: Global Affairs Canada

‌‌‌	CILSS: Executive Secretariat of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

‌‌‌	ECOWAS: Commission of the Economic Community of West African States

‌‌	France: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

	Luxembourg: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

‌	Netherlands (the): Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINBUZA)

‌	Switzerland: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

‌	UEMOA: Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union

‌	United States: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Partners

‌	European Commission and European External Action Service

The European Union is an important partner and contributes to the financing of the SWAC programme of work, in particular activities linked to food security and resilience.

Adherence

Eligible for membership are:

West African regional organisations
West African countries (ECOWAS members, Chad and Mauritania)
Development partner countries
International organisations

Members contribute with an agreed minimum financial contribution to the implementation of the Club's programme of work and participe in the SPG meetings.

Observers

‌	AU: African Union - NEPAD, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

‌	ROPPA: Network of Farmers' Organisations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa

	World Bank

As Observers, the African Union and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, the Network of Farmers’ Organisations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa (ROPPA) and the World Bank are closely associated with SWAC activities.