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PROMOTING SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ABOUT US DONORS

The Southern African Science Service Centre for Member countries (Angola, Botswana, Namibia,
Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management South Africa and Zambia), BMBF, AU and EU
(SASSCAL) is an international organisation formed
through a partnership between of Angola, Botswana, CONTACT US
Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Germany in
SASSCAL Regional Secretariat
response to the challenges of global change and Tel: +264-(0)-61-223-997 @SASSCAL_ORG
promotion of science based sustainable development W: www.sasscal.org @SASSCAL.officialpage
in the Southern African Region. E: communications@sasscal.org

VISION STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES MISSION 89

to manage and coordinate research in
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adaptation to climate change and for
to provide products, services and
To be a leading regional centre
generate and use scientific knowledge
information for decision-making
products and services for decision
in integrated climate change
and adaptive land management • • sustainable land management To strengthen the regional capacity to
making on climate change and
to contribute to the creation of a
science services for improved knowledge-based society through adaptive land management through
quality of life in Southern Africa. academic and non-academic capacity research management, human capital
development programmes development and services brokerage.

ACHIEVEMENTS FUTURE OUTLOOK

Research Portfolio SASSCAL 1.0 • SASSCAL 2.0 Research Programme (2021 - 2024)
• 88 research projects • SASSCAL Graduate Studies Program in Integrated Water
• 5 Laboratories incl equipment Resources Management (SGSP-IWRM)
• Herbarium/collection • ClimapAfrica (Postdoctoral Programme)
• 23 experimental sites established • H2Atlas-Africa: Atlas of Green Hydrogen generation
• Vehicles, Boats and 2 Drones potentials in Africa
• IT technology: servers, computers • WeMAST: Wetland Assessment and Monitoring Platform
and softwares for Transboundary River Basins in Southern Africa.

Service Provision
• Open Access Data Centre (OADC)
• 160 Automatic Weather Stations
Automatic
• WeatherNet- Online Platform Weather
• 57 Biodiversity Observatories Stations

Human Capacity Development
• More than 400 SASSCAL-funded students

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