
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)
The Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO) includes 17 African countries* who are participating in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) in Sub-Saharan Africa – a multi-partner, multi-institutional initiative established in 2015 aimed at strengthening institutional capacities of Science Granting Councils in the region.
Main areas of collaboration:

Overcoming challenges to sustainable renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Projecting demographic change in Sub-Saharan Africa

Advancing the methods of systems analysis

Improving water and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa and the wider region
The regional membership application was made in response to a statement of the 98th IIASA Council meeting in June 2021, which conceptualized a regional membership model aimed at bringing together multiple countries within a region, who are facing similar challenges, but may not have the means or capacity as individual countries to join IIASA as national members.
* Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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News

15 March 2023
Helping young Africans innovate for climate resilience

24 January 2023
Supporting evidence-based policymaking in The Gambia

15 September 2022
IIASA welcomes its first regional member organization
Focus
04 December 2022
Celebrating 50 years of global collaboration

28 November 2022
Optimizing crop management practices in Senegal

28 November 2022
Linking health status and clean cooking practices in South Africa

Publications
Lohr, K., Matavel, C.E., Tadesse, S., Yazdanpanah, M., Sieber, S., & Komendantova, N. (2022). Just Energy Transition: Learning from the Past for a More Just and Sustainable Hydrogen Transition in West Africa. Land 11 (12) e2193. 10.3390/land11122193.
De Vos, K., Janssens, C., Jacobs, L., Campforts, B., Boere, E., Kozicka, M. , Havlik, P. , Folberth, C. , Balkovič, J. , Maertens, M., & Govers, G. (2022). On the Rice: Climate Change and the (in)stability of rice in Africa. In: Systems Analysis for Reducing Footprints and Enhancing Resilience, 16-17 November, 2022, Vienna, Austria.
Leip, D., Rovenskaya, E. , & Wildemeersch, M. (2022). Protecting Food Supply and Farmer Livelihoods in West Africa: Strategies for Risk Reduction. In: Systems Analysis for Reducing Footprints and Enhancing Resilience, 16-17 November, 2022, Vienna, Austria.
Muyemeki, L., Burger, R.P., Piketh, S.J., Rafaj, P. , & Kiesewetter, G. (2022). Integrated assessment of strategies to reduce air pollution in the Vaal Triangle Priority Area, South Africa. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 10.1007/s11869-022-01242-8.
Falchetta, G. , Adeleke, A., Awais, M. , Byers, E. , Copinschi, P., Duby, S., Hughes, A., Ireland, G., Riahi, K. , Rukera-Tabaro, S., Semeria, F., Shendrikova, D., Stevanato, N., Troost, A., Tuninetti, M., Vinca, A. , Zulu, A., & Hafner, M. (2022). A renewable energy-centred research agenda for planning and financing Nexus development objectives in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Energy Strategy Reviews 43 e100922. 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100922.