The EIS-SSA (Environment Information Systems Program in Sub-Saharan Africa) program aims at developing African capacity for the management of environmental information as an integral component of the sustainable development process. The program supports African countries as they assess their priority needs in terms of environment and land information systems, and analyze the technical, institutional, legal and economic issues hampering their possibilities of meeting these needs. It assists them in finding adequate, sustainable and long-term solutions to deal with these issues.