The creation of the Observatory of good practices in rehabilitation was decided by the participants of the 7th FATO International Congress held in Yamoussoukro in September 2013 and comes after the results of a series of surveys conducted by FATO, Handicap International and ICRC on (1) the overview of rehabilitation sector in 20 african countries and (2) the rehabilitation national plans in 29 african countries, respectively in 2010 and 2011.