Oceanic Alliance for Sustainable and Inclusive Solutions
What we are
OASIS Alliance is not a corporate group in the conventional sense. It is an alliance of independent structures sharing a common method, a common standard and a common conviction: water problems in islands have concrete, lasting, locally maintained solutions — provided you start from the field rather than from a catalogue.
Each member of the alliance operates autonomously in its own territory. The alliance provides methodological coherence, shared expertise and allows each structure to draw on the experience of the others.
We don’t sell products. We design answers.
Every project starts with a field assessment. Every solution is chosen to last — not to impress.
Our story
Archibald Kissling, founder of OASIS Alliance, was born in Switzerland. After growing up in Indian and Pacific oceans islands, He studied in France and Switzerland, specializing in hydrology and water resource management in island environments. In 2003, he settled in New Caledonia, in the Pacific, where he has lived for over twenty years.
It was there, in the field, that he developed a conviction: on small Pacific islands, entire communities have no reliable access to clean water — not for lack of technology, but for lack of solutions adapted to their reality and maintained over time. This observation became his commitment.
Appointed Honorary Swiss Consul for New Caledonia and Wallis-et-Futuna by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, he represents the Confederation in the Pacific. OASIS Alliance is the result of twenty years of fieldwork and a conviction that the most effective solutions are always the simplest to maintain locally.
The OASIS acronym
An oasis, a source of life in the heart of the desert, represents a fragile yet essential balance. It enables human presence where conditions seem to limit — or even prevent — life. This image reflects the reality of small island environments: isolated territories surrounded by saltwater, where every resource matters and where solutions must be reliable, autonomous and sustainable.
- O — Oceanic: rooted in the realities of island environments.
- A — Alliance: bringing together complementary skills and committed partners.
- S — Sustainable: a strong commitment to long-term, practical sustainability.
- I — Inclusive: solutions designed with and for local communities.
- S — Solutions: concrete, adapted and replicable actions.
Our approach
Where other operators arrive with a product to sell, OASIS Alliance arrives with questions. What is the real problem? What resources exist on the ground? Which solution will be easiest to maintain in ten years’ time?
We cover the entire chain: assessment, tailored engineering, financing, installation, training of local teams and long-term maintenance. One point of contact, full accountability. We don’t disappear after installation. That is what sets us apart.
Our commitments
- Accessibility: simple, robust solutions adapted to remote territories.
- Autonomy: water, energy, food — reducing external dependencies.
- Resilience: helping communities face the effects of climate change.
- Co-construction: working with local actors — never in their place.
- Durability: designed to last — not to impress.
Our development
The alliance is growing. We are progressively extending our presence to new island territories across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, following the same principle: a dedicated local structure, operated by people rooted in the territory.
We do not announce territories before we are ready. We build first. We communicate afterwards.