Our Permanent Technical Secretariat
This is the operational body set up by AFEID, the project owner, to carry out the mission entrusted by AFD.
It is in charge of defining, managing and promoting COSTEA's actions as well as coordinating the network and ensuring the project's visibility in France and abroad.
![Sami Bouarfa – INRAE](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/sami_bouarfa.jpg)
Sami Bouarfa – INRAE
![Benjamin Vennat – BRL](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/benjamin_vennat.jpg)
Benjamin Vennat – BRL
![Sidy Seck – Université Gaston Berger](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/sidy_seck.jpg)
Sidy Seck – Gaston Berger University
![Jean-Philippe Venot – IRD](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/jp_venot.jpg)
Jean-Philippe Venot – IRD
![Ehssan Elmeknassi – Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/ehssan_elmeknassi.jpg)
Ehssan Elmeknassi – Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II
![Vincent Tanguy – e-sud](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/vincent_tanguy.jpg)
Vincent Tanguy – e-sud
![Jean-Marie Brun - Artefact](https://www.comite-costea.fr/wp-content/uploads/JMBRUN.jpg)