About SASSCAL

The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL), was established in 2012 as a joint initiative of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Germany in response to the challenges of global change.

SASSCAL’s core programmes are primarily funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), while the Member States contribute to its operational budget.

The organisation’s Head Office, known as the Regional Secretariat, is located in Windhoek, Namibia, with National Nodes established in each of the five Member States across southern Africa.

Vision

To be a leading regional centre in integrated climate change and adaptive land management science services for improved quality of life in southern Africa.

Mission

To strengthen the regional capacity to generate and use scientific knowledge products and services for decision making on climate change and adaptive land management through research management, human capital development and services brokerage.

Objectives

To conduct research in adaptation to climate change and sustainable land management.
To provide products, services and information for decision-making.
To contribute to the creation of a knowledge-based society through academic and non-academic capacity development programmes.

Our Core Focus

Value Proposition

Relevance

SASSCAL provides climate change data and information and services for decision making to reduce risk and improve livelihoods

Trans-/Interdisciplinary Research

SASSCAL promotes collaboration among scientists and stakeholders from different disciplines and sectors to ensure the implementation of innovative, integrated and divergent research approaches to mutual challenges

Regional Coverage

SASSCAL research addresses common climate change and land management issues beyond national borders recognising the flow of energy and ecosystems services thereby contributing markedly to regional integration and addressing cross-border challenges

Scientific Coverage

SASSCAL deals with a wide spectrum of thematic research areas, physical and human infrastructure and transnational mandates that make the institution an ideal conduit for the cost-effective and efficient channelling and managing of resources made available by external funding agencies

Institutional Cooperation and Partnerships

SASSCAL actively maintains a wide network of partner universities and research institutions as well as funding and service organisations