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The year 2018 has been marked by the visit at the West Africa Institute (WAI) of HE Jean Claude Kassi Brou, the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the participation of WAI Director General in the following major events: the 13th Strategic Plannig Coordination Committee (SPCC) Meeting that took place in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria, from 11 to 12 May 2018. This major event was chaired [ ... ]
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The first discussion paper Assertive, appreciative and aloof: South Africa, Cabo Verde and Ghana reflect on EU research and innovation collaborationBy Mariella Di Ciommo, Emmanuel De Groof and Sanne Thijssenis now available on the ECDPM’s website. Executive summary Research and innovation (R&I) is a key ingredient of sustainable development. It is also an asset that the EU wi [ ... ]
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HE Fernando Elisio Freire, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Sports, received in audience, on April 3, 2019, the Director General of the West Africa Institute (WAI), Prof. Djénéba Traoré, accompanied by Mr. Renato Frederico, Deputy Assistant Director at WAI Executive Secretariat. The audience, held in the Office [ ... ]
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Abuja, 13th March 2019. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has commenced the 14th meeting of the Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee (SPCC) in Abuja, Nigeria. Working with the support of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the SPCC is expected among others, to firm up a post Visio [ ... ]
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Ms. Carmen Pires de Pina is a trainee in the Internship Program of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As part of her License degree, she is performing a six-month internship at the West Africa Institute (WAI), which runs from February 5 to July 5, 2019. Her theme focuses on Education and development of Human Resources at Cabo Verde. The main objective of this research is to d [ ... ]
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The West Africa Institute (WAI) received on March 4th, 2019, the visit of a delegation of the South African Embassy in Senegal accompanied by the Honorary Consul of South Africa in Cabo Verde (https://www.embassy, Mr. Ilídio Alexandre da Cruz. The delegation, who was sojourning in Praia in the frame of the reinforcement of the diplomatic and academic relationships between So [ ... ]
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Ms Débora Gonçalves is a second-year student of the Master of European Governance at the University of Luxembourg completing a three-month internship as part of her master thesis at the West Africa Institute (WAI) (February 27th – May 31st). Her dissertation focuses on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development in Cabo Verde with emphasis on the policy areas of energy [ ... ]
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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 2008 and by the Council of Ministers of UEMOA on 26 June, 2009, in Dakar (Senegal). WAI’s main missions are: [ ... ]
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The Honorable Filomena Viera Martins, Member of the National Assembly of Cabo Verde and Vice-President of the Commission for Economic Policies, Private Sector and NEPAD at the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ), met the Director General of WAI on February 14, 2019 at the Institute's headquarters. The visit was part of the new missions of the Honorable Filomena [ ... ]
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The West Africa Institute (WAI) received on February 11, 2019, the visit of Mrs. Mariella Di Ciommo and Dr. Emmanuel De Groof, both Policy Officers at the European Center for Development Policy Management - ECDPM -, an independent research center based in Maastricht, in the Netherlands, that works on relationships between Europe and Africa. The visit was planned in the [ ... ]
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The Sunrise4Africa Association - for Human and Social Development in Africa - made its public presentation on January 30, 2019 in the Auditorium of the Rectorate of the University of Cabo Verde (Uni-CV). The ceremony which took place in the presence of Prof. Dr. Judite Medina Nascimento, Rector of Uni-CV, brought together civil society, public and private sector actors as well as represent [ ... ]
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