OSS is an international organisation with a membership comprising countries, sub-regional organisations, UN organisations and NGO. Its work is focused on the water and land axes in North, East and West Africa. The OSS is a widely recognized organisation in the fields of shared aquifers management, natural resources monitoring and climate change adaptation in the peri-Saharan region.

UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mission of UNIDO, as described in the Lima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in Member States.

The NBA is an intergovernmental organisation in West and central Africa, covering 9 countries, aiming to foster co-operation in managing and developing the resources of the basin, including water and hydroelectric resources, environmental protection from the threats of desertification, deforestation and pollution of the basin resources by agriculture, mining and industry.