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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 [ ... ]

Cabo Verde - Preparation of the African Economic Conference (AEC) - Meeting of the Joint UNDP - UNUFAP - UNICEF Office with Academic and Research Institutions, Praia & Mindelo, June 21, 2021

The Joint Office of UNDP, UNUFPA and UNICEF based in Praia, Achada Santo António (ASA), Republic of Cabo Verde, invited the Director General of the West Africa Institute (WAI) to participate in a meeting of the UNDP Regional Office for Africa for Strategy, Analysis and Research (SART) with a view to participat [ ... ]

The Mandela Institute organizes a Webinar on the theme "Rethinking National Diplomacy in the Pan-African Vision", July 06, 2021

"I have always dreamed of serving not only Niger, but our entire continent, because there are no real prospects for the development of our countries when they are taken separately. Africa must unite or perish. Every African must repeat this truth expressed by Kwame N'Krumah every day. Every African, beyond his country, must have an African conscience. I hope that the FTAA is [ ... ]

WAI NEWSLETTER - JANUARY - JUNE 2021 is now Online!

The West Africa Institute (WAI) is a think tank at the service of Regional Integration and Social Transformations in West Africa. The West Africa Institute (WAI) was created by UNESCO, ECOWAS Commission, UEMOA Commission, the Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde and the ECOBANK Group. It was approved by the Summit of Heads of State of ECOWAS, held in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in December 20 [ ... ]

Publication of the Special Issue of the Dialogue & Peace Review of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for the Search for Peace - 10th Anniversary

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. SUMMARY / CONTENTS 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

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 [ ... ]

Third International Workshop: “Germany’s West Africa Policy: Taking (West) Africa seriously!”, Berlin, Germany, October 17th, 2020

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 [ ... ]

ECOWAS Research and Innovation Support Program (PARI) 2020 Jury Session takes place in Niamey, Niger, April 06-08, 2021

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 [ ... ]

The Mandela Institute reflects on "the Challenges of Power in Africa: Feminization and Rejuvenation of political bodies", June 1, 2021.

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), [ ... ]

MIASA, Uni-Ghana, DHIP and HBFS organize a Public Roundtable as part of a Workshop on "Women’s Academic Careers in Africa: Strategies and Funding", June 25, 2021

The Public Roundtable on “Female Academic Careers in Africa: Strategies and Funding” was organized on Friday, 25 June 2021, from 9:30-11:30 UTC by the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana, in collaboration with the German Historical Institute Paris (DHIP) and the Heinrich Boell Foundation Senegal (HBFS). The speakers were :
1. Prof. Nadine Machik [ ... ]

Gender and Development: WAI Director General gives a class to RISC-RISE Consortium Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Students, 09/10/2021

As part of the scientific partnership between the West Africa Institute (WAI) and the RISC-RISE (Regional Integration and Social Cohesion - Social Elevation) Consortium, founded and chaired by Professor Harlan Koff of the Faculty of Science social, education, and social sciences of the University of Luxembourg, WAI Director General gave on September 10, 2021 a class on the theme "Gender [ ... ]

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