The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Science Center for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) has appointed the Angolan Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Maria do Rosario Bragança Sambo, to the presidency.
The newly elected president succeeds the Namibian Minister of Agriculture, Water and Agrarian Reform, Callie Chiltoin. Namibia held the interim presidency from 2018 to 2019 and was elected substantive president from 2019 to 2021.
Velda Kering of Botswana, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism, has been elected Vice-Chair.
This was during the second virtual meeting of the regular Cabinet on October 14, where they approved the SASSCAL Action Plan 2020-2024 and financial sustainability and its transformation into an international organization. The Council of Ministers meets every two years to discuss matters of strategic importance to SASSCAL.
In his acceptance letter…
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