Members - Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat

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The Strategy and Policy Group (SPG) is composed of our Members who are responsible for governing and monitoring our work. They meet once a year to define SWAC’s work priorities, approve activity and financial reports as well as our Programme of Work and Budget. They also provide financial contributions for the implementation of our work programme and nominate our Honorary President. This position is currently held by Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki of Niger. The SWAC Secretariat is in charge of implementing the work programme.

Members & partners

	Austria: Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs (BMEIA) - Austrian Development Agency (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

	European Union

‌‌	France: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development

	Luxembourg: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian 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)

Observers

‌	AUDA-NEPAD : African Union Development Agency

‌	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. SWAC has a memorandum of understanding with the University of Florida (Sahel Research Group).

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.