ROPPA is founded and operates on the following principles:

• Homogeneity in its sociological and professional composition;
• Openness to other countries in the West African region;

Peasant solidarity, which gives everyone a place and associates all categories of Peasant Organizations and Agricultural Producers in each country and which supports peasant organizations and agricultural producers and their members in the recognition of their identity and their rights and their roles;

• Consensus as the preferred process for deciding and acting together;
• Transparency by reporting and regularly requesting renewal of mandates;
• Subsidiarity through the empowerment of national platforms. .

Organs

The Convention

The Convention is the sovereign body of ROPPA. It is made up of 9 delegates per national member platform, including at least two women, and meets once every two years. The last session of the convention (5th ordinary convention) was held in May 2010 in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

Board of directors

The Board of Directors is the political body responsible for managing and conducting the affairs of ROPPA between sessions. It carries the positions and proposals of ROPPA in the sub-region and in the world.

The Executive Secretariat

The Executive Secretariat is the technical body of the network. It ensures and coordinates the operational implementation of the network’s strategic plans and develops support services for peasant leaders and national platforms, particularly in terms of monitoring issues relating to regional and sectoral policies (PAU, ECOWAP, etc.).

The Executive Secretariat ensures the day-to-day management of the Network with a view to all the files on which ROPPA is questioned.

The Executive Secretariat relies not only on elected officials and technicians from national platforms but also on a network of resource persons, NGOs and consultancies sharing the cause defended by the network.