Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

The Committee (French: Comit‚ Permanente Inter‚tats de Lutte contre la
S‚cheresse dans le Sahel, CILSS) provides drought protection assistance to
the eight countries of the Sahel region (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad,
the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal) through
such forms as food silo construction, agricultural development, improving
roads, and preventing desertification. The Committee, founded in 1976,
works in cooperation with the United Nations, the World Bank, the European
Economic Community, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development.