Celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of CILSS: The program

The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel was created on September 12, 1973, following the great drought in the Sahel during the ’70s. The committee, established for the sake of active solidarity between peoples, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year.
Today, it is composed of 13 member states: Burkina Faso, Benin, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Chad, and Togo. Two states, Sudan and the Central African Republic, are waiting to join
The CILSS is involved in the entire ECOWAS area, including Mauritania and Chad, which totals 17 countries. Over the past half-century, the CILSS has strongly supported these states and the Sahelian and West African populations by establishing mechanisms, instruments, and tools that allow for a better understanding and effective coping with the challenges of sustainable development in the region. These challenges include drought, the adverse effects of climate change, the lack of water and energy control, the malfunctioning of the regional food processing market, food insecurity, population issues, and trainingThanks to the CILSS with the support of the technical and financial partners, the region will not be surprised any more by natural disasters (floods and droughts).
The celebration of this fiftieth anniversary throughout the year 2023, with its major events, will be a great moment of exchange, sharing, and communication to highlight the benefits and knowledge acquired by the institution for the member states and the resilient populations.
This celebration will also provide an ideal context for the CILSS to deliver a high-level defense speech to its technical and financial partners, aiming to enhance strategic partnerships in preparation for the financing of its work plan for 2023-2027, aligned with its 2050 vision for achieving its new mandate

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