The Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
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.
involvement of OSS in the project will focus on developing/completing the transboudary diagnostic analysis (TDA) for the entire ITTAS and develop the ITTAS strategic action plan (SAP) and national action plans as well. this will allow closing gaps in scientific knowledge, transboundary diagnostics and strategic planning to ensure that the conjunctive management of ground and surface water resources can be properly integrated into IWRM to reduce pressures on certain water systems while simultaneously and primarily ensuring sufficient and easily accessible water supply for the well-being of the people within the ITTAS and Niger River basin.
