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WAI’s Missions and Vision
The West Africa Institute’s four main missions are:
- to generate knowledge on regional integration;
- to establish platforms for dialogue, meetings and exchanges;
- to train a new generation of elites on regional integration and
- to negotiate strategic partnerships with institutions.
The vision of WAI is to participate actively in close collaboration w [ ... ]
CONTENT WEST AFRICAINSTITUTE (WAI) - STATE OF PLAY AND CHALLENGES ACTIVITIES – RESEARCH International Workshop on Germany's West Africa Policy, Dakar, Senegal, 12th-13th February 2020 Sub-Regional Workshop for the Preparation of ECOWAS Post 2020 Vision, Banjul, The Gambia, 16th & 17th March 2020 Third In [ ... ]
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IIIrd VIRTUAL WORLD CONGRESS ON TRANSDISCIPLINARITY 2020/2021
AFRICA COMMITTEE: NETWORK OF FOUNDATIONS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PROMOTION OF A CULTURE OF PEACE IN AFRICA (REFICA)
The IIIrd Virtual World Congress held its second Africa week on February 24, 2021, chaired by the Network of Foundations and Research Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa (R [ ... ]
Special Issue - 10th Anniversary
Dialogue & Paix is an annual review published by the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for the search for peace. It seeks articles on the search for peace and the establishment of a culture of peace. The journal's publication languages are French and English.
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Studies
The elimination of Poverty (SDG1) [ ... ]
The Role of ECOWAS in the West African Integration Process and the Case of Mali By Djénéba Traoré, WAI Essay published in The World Orders Forum (WOF) The World Orders Forum is an online venue for academic exchange about issues relating to regional and global integration, and about global governance in general. Essays on all subjects relating to these t [ ... ]
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A third international workshop on “Germany’s West Africa Policy: Taking (West) Africa seriously!”, was held on October 17th, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. In contrast to the first workshop in Berlin (2018), which particularly dealt with European and German perspectives on the security situation in West Africa and the second workshop in Dakar, Senegal (February 2020), which placed spec [ ... ]
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The 3rd Week of the Network of Foundations and Research Institutions for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace in Africa, REFICA,organized in the framework of the 3rd Virtual World Congress on Transdisciplinarity 2020-2021,took place on May 5 and 7, 2021.
The Wednesday May 05, 2021online session focused on interfaith dialogue and Africa's contribution to the process.
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At the invitation of the Department of Education, Science and Culture of ECOWAS, the Director General of the West Africa Institute (WAI), Prof. Djénéba Traoré, took part in the 2020 session of the Jury of the Research and Innovation Support Program (PARI),held in Niamey, Republic of Niger, from April 06 to 08, 2021. The opening ceremony was marked by [ ... ]
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The Mandela Institute (IM / MI) and the Laboratory for Research and Diplomatic Actions (LaRAD), organized a Pan-African Videoconference on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 9am (GMT) on the theme: "Rethinking the challenges of power in Africa : Feminization and Rejuvenation of political bodies for better representativeness The Director General of the West Africa Institute (WAI), [ ... ]
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The West Africa Institute (WAI) was created by the ECOWAS Commission, the UEMOA Commission, the Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde, the ECOBANK Group and UNESCO. It was approved by the Summit of Heads of State of ECOWAS, held in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in December 2008 and by the Council of Ministers of UEMOA on 26 June, 2009, in Dakar (Senegal). WAI’s main missions a [ ... ]
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The Director General of the West Africa Institute (WAI), Prof. Djénéba Traoré, comes back to her intervention at Ignite Talks - Cabo Verde, an event organized and moderated by Samir Pereira, Innovation Consultant and Executive Director of Cheetah Start, on July 29, 2019, at the Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo, Praia, Cabo Verde.
Ignite Talks - Cabo Verde is a media show g [ ... ]
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