West Africa

Senegal
MOUSSA NA ABOU Mamouda(Regional Coordinator)
Environmental Action in the Third World (ENDA)

Expertise keywords: Community based action research and field work related to climate change and food security, cities and climate change, climate change adaptation and energy in African LDCs. In terms of advocacy work.

Email: mamoudam@gmail.com/enda.energy@orange.sn

Education & Professional experience: MOUSSA NA ABOU Mamouda is PhD candidate at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal and his research is related to “Vulnerability and Local Development Perspectives”. MOUSSA is working as Action Researcher for ENDA (Environment and Development in the Third World - http://www.enda.sn/, http://energie.enda.sn/), an international NGO engaged on Environment, Development and Poverty alleviation issues, with headquarters in Dakar – Senegal . Working with ENDA, MOUSSA is involved in community based action research and field work related to climate change and food security, cities and climate change, climate change adaptation and energy in African LDCs. In terms of advocacy work, MOUSSA NA ABOU is coordinating the Climate and Development NGO network (http://climatdeveloppement.wordpress.com/) acting for more Climate Justice and Equity. Since 2005 and later as Regional CLACC Fellow, MOUSSA NA ABOU has been attending major UNFCCC meetings (CoPs, SB, Intercessional UNFCCC meetings, etc.) and coordinating and facilitating all CLACC activities at West Africa region level.

 Mali
Mahamoudou FARKA Maiga
 

Benin
Krystel Dossou
Organisation des Femmes pour la gestion de l’Energie, de l’Environnement et la promotion du Développement Intégré (OFEDI)
Expertise: Non Timber forestry, socio economics, natural resources, energy, and climate
Email: krystod7@yahoo.fr

Education: Engineer agronomist (MSc) in economics and socio-anthropology for rural development from the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of Abomey-Calavi’s University. Mr. Dossou also obtained a General Agronomy Degree (DAG) from the National University of Benin

Professional experience: Mr. Dossou was successively teacher of rural projects management, scientific assistant in PFNL-Labo , consultant for international projects and researcher in the National Institute of Agricultural Research, as well as other organisations. He is currently program manager of OFEDI, a woman’s environmental NGO that works on energy management and rural development. He manages the energy and environment board. He has an extensive experience in rural extension and practical project monitoring. He has carried out studies on contribution of natural resources and forest products (excluding wood) in rural households economy and food (community forestry, agro-forestry), energy management (energizing efficiency, fuel wood, technology transfer) and climate change adaptation (NAPA studies). Mr. Dossou has also published various scientific articles.


Mauritania
Madyoury Tandia
Tenmiya
Expertise: Hydrogeology, water and sanitation
Email: madyourytandia@yahoo.fr  

Education: Postgraduate Diploma in water and sanitation from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal
Professional Experience: Madyoury Tandia is a hydrogeologyst and coordinator of Project & studies for Tenmiya. He has extensive experience on hydraulic engineering, decentralized rural electrification, management of water & sanitation and climate change.

Previous Fellows:

Mali
Oumar SANGO
AMADE - PELCODE
Expertise: Indigenous technologies and biodiversity
Email: osango@oxfam.org.uk
Education: Masters degree in Socio-anthropology

Senegal
Salimata Wade (Ex Regional Coordinator)
Environmental Action in the Third World (ENDA)
Expertise keywords: Energy, Climate, Local Governance, Urban issues and Gender
Email: saly_wade@yahoo.fr 
Education: PhD in Geography from Montpellier, France and an Environmental Law degree, from DESS also in Montpellier.

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