The West Africa Institute’s (WAI) contribution to the ECOWAS Post 2020 Vision

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-107
Author(s):  
Djénéba Traoré
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Major Step ◽  
The West ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Développement Social ◽  
Transformation Sociale

Abstract: This article addresses the commitments of ECOWAS to citizen perspectives, and it underlines the added value of scientifi c research in the successful achievement of regional integration for West Africans. Specifi - cally, it asks, how can the eff ectiveness and relevance of academic studies be used to enhance economic growth and social development? The creation of the West Africa Institute (WAI), a research center and think tank dedicated to regional integration and social transformations, was a major step in the search for adequate local and regional development solutions fi 􀄴 ing with the West African context. WAI works with a participatory approach, promoting free debates among policy makers, open spaces for dialogue, and exchange among all social actors concerned with issues of regional integration and social transformation.Resumen: Este artículo analiza los compromisos de la CEDEAO en términos de perspectivas ciudadanas y enfatiza el valor agregado de la investigación científi ca en el éxito de la integración regional para África Occidental. Específi camente, pregunta cómo la efi ciencia y relevancia de los estudios universitarios pueden usarse para mejorar el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo social. La creación del Instituto de África Occidental (IAO) fue un paso importante en la búsqueda de soluciones para un desarrollo apropiado, adaptado a los contextos local y regional de África Occidental. La IAO trabaja con un enfoque participativo promoviendo el fl ujo libre de debates entre los tomadores de decisiones y espacios abiertos para el diálogo e intercambio entre todos los actores sociales interesados en temas de integración regional y transformación social.Résumé: Cet article traite des engagements de la CEDEAO en matière de perspectives citoyennes et met l’accent sur la valeur ajoutée de la recherche scientifi que dans la réussite de l’intégration régionale pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Plus précisément, il étudie comment l’effi cacité et la pertinence de la recherche scientifi que peuvent être utilisées pour améliorer la croissance économique et le développement social. La création de l’Institut de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (IAO), un centre de recherche et un groupe de réfl exion dédié à l’intégration régionale et aux transformations sociales, a été une étape majeure dans la recherche de solutions de développement local et régional adéquates adaptées au contexte ouest-africain. L’IAO travaille avec une approche participative, favorisant la libre circulation des débats entre les décideurs et des espaces ouverts pour le dialogue et l’échange entre tous les acteurs sociaux concernés par les questions d’intégration régionale et de transformation sociale.

scholarly journals Health Diplomacy and Regional Integration in West Africa: The West African Health Organization’s Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Uchenna Anaemene
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
West African ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
African Health ◽  
The Social

From the outset the founding fathers of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognized the relevance of integration in the social sector based on the conviction that intense cooperation in the economic and political sectors alone will not bring about lasting regional integration. For instance, the ECOWAS treaty of 1975 and revised treaty of 1993 had the promotion of social progress and collaboration in the social field as one of the objectives of the community. Yet scholars have not given it the deserved attention. This paper therefore represents an attempt to assess the extent to which the West African Health Organization (WAHO), a specialized health agency of ECOWAS, has contributed to regional health integration in West Africa. It argues that regional integration and cooperation should not be geared solely towards economic and political purposes. It also examines the achievements as well as the major challenges confronting WAHO. It concludes that regional health integration is no longer an option but an imperative for West African countries to meet their common health challenges.  

scholarly journals Creating Citizens, Building Societies? Adult Education in the Eastern Arctic as if Community Mattered

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
The North ◽  
Participation Communautaire ◽  
Liberal Approach ◽  
New Institutions ◽  
Développement Social ◽  
Transformation Sociale ◽  
Building Societies ◽  
Over Time

RésuméL’éducation aux adultes, au sens large, a été introduite comme faisant partie d’un vaste projet d’une intervention gouvernementale dans le nord du Canada qui a modifié dramatiquement les contextes sociaux, culturels et économiques des peuples aborigènes de cette région considérée comme leur patrie. Grâce à des initiatives variées en éducation des adultes – à la fois formelles et informelles – les Inuits ont commencé à interagir avec des idées nouvelles et de nouvelles institutions inhérentes à l’expansion territoriale du Nord. En se basant sur le lien entre éducation des adultes et transformation sociale et les concepts d’une éducation aux adultes « libérale » et « libératrice », cet article retrace l’évolution de la politique de l’éducation aux adultes et des programmes dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest et du Nunavut entre le milieu des années 1960 et le milieu des années 1990. Cette recherche répond à trois questions. 1) Jusqu’à quel point l’éducation aux adultes donna ou enleva du pouvoir aux communautés à l’égard du développement social, politique et économique durant cette période. 2) En dépit de ses origines coloniales, comment l’éducation aux adultes a-t-elle fait la promotion de l’engagement citoyen et de la participation communautaire? 3) Au fil du temps, les changements apportés à l’éducation aux adultes reflètent-ils des tendances plus largement orientées vers une approche néolibérale du développement nordique, et qu’est-ce que cela implique pour le développement démocratique de ces communautés à l’avenir? AbstractAdult education, broadly defined, was introduced as part of a larger project of state-led intervention in northern Canada, which altered dramatically the social, cultural, and economic circumstances of the Indigenous peoples who called the region home. Through various adult education initiatives – both formal and informal – Inuit adults began to interact with new ideas and new institutions in the growing settlements across the North.  Predicated on the link between adult education and social transformation, and the concepts of “liberal” and “liberating” adult education, this paper traces the evolution of adult education policy and programming in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s. It is guided by the following questions: (1) To what extent has adult education empowered or disempowered communities with respect to social, political, and economic development over time; (2) despite its colonial origins, to what extent has adult education promoted citizen engagement and participation; and (3) do the changes in adult education over time reflect broader trends towards a neo-liberal approach to northern development, and what might this mean for democratic development in communities in the future?

scholarly journals “AQUI NÃO TEM GANGUE, TEM FACÇÃO”: AS TRANSFORMAÇÕES SOCIAIS DO CRIME EM FORTALEZA.

Caderno CRH ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (85) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Fábio S. Paiva
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Il Y A ◽  
Transformation Sociale ◽  
Effects Of Violence ◽  
The City

<p>O artigo analisa o processo de transformação social do crime nas periferias da cidade de Fortaleza, estado do Ceará, Brasil, mediante a constituição de coletivos criminais conhecidos como “facções”. Evidencia como as gangues e quadrilhas de traficantes ofereceram as condições objetivas para o processo de adesão a esses coletivos que, entre outras coisas, afetaram as maneiras de fazer o crime na cidade. A pesquisa se desenvolveu em uma dinâmica de investigação qualitativa e multissituada, articulando matérias da imprensa, entrevistas e conversações, à luz de uma perspectiva compreensiva dos sentidos e relações pertinentes ao fenômeno estudado. A análise considera múltiplos efeitos sociais da violência em circunstâncias criadas por coletivos criminais que se enfrentam e buscam exercer poder de governo sobre populações com as quais compartilham determinados sofrimentos sociais, e demonstra mudanças na escala de violência e interferência das pessoas que fazem o crime, com práticas de tortura, expulsão de residências e chacinas envolvendo homens e mulheres. Conclui que as “facções” criaram dinâmicas de governo locais que resultam em formas de dominação e sujeição dos pobres em Fortaleza.</p><p><strong>“THERE ISN’T GANG HERE, THERE’S ‘FACÇÃO’”: the social transformations of crime in Fortaleza, Brasil </strong></p><p>This paper discusses the social transformation process of crime in Fortaleza’s peripheries through the constitution of criminal collectives known as “facções”. It evidences how gangs and drug trafficking groups offered objective conditions to the process of joining these collectives which, among other circumstances, affected the forms of crime in the City. The research was developed in a dynamic of qualitative and multisituated investigation, articulating press material, interviews and conversations in the light of a comprehensive perspective of the senses and the relations within the studied phenomenon. It considers the multiple social effects of violence in circumstances created by criminal collectives that are facing each other and seek to exert power of government over populations with which they share certain social sufferings. The paper also demonstrates a change in the scale of violence and interference of people who commit crimes with torture, expulsion and slaughter involving men and women. It concludes that the “facções” created dynamics of government that result in forms of domination and subjection of the poorpopulation in Fortaleza, Brazil.</p><p>Keywords: Violence. Crime. Criminal collectives. Facções. Periphery</p><p><strong>“ICI, IL N’Y A PAS DE GANG, IL Y A UNE FACTIONS”: les transformations sociales du crime à Fortaleza, Brasil</strong></p><p>L’article analyse le processus de transformation sociale du crime dans les quartiers populaires de la ville de Fortaleza au travers de la constitution de groupes criminels connus sous la dénomination de “factions”. Je mets en évidence comment les gangs et les bandes organisés de trafiquants ont fourni les conditions objectives au processus d’adhésion à ces collectifs qui, parmi d’autres choses, ont influé sur les manières de faire du crime dans la ville. La recherche a été menée dans une dynamique d’enquête qualitative et multisituée, en mettant en relation des articles journalistiques, des entretiens et des conversations, en suivant la voie d’une perspective compréhensive des sens et des relations pertinentes vis-à-vis du phénomène étudié. Je prends en considération de multiples effets sociaux de la violence dans des circonstances créées par des groupes criminels qui s’affrontent et cherchent à exercer un pouvoir de gouvernement des populations avec lesquelles ils partagent certaines souffrances sociales. Je démontre le changement dans l’échelle de la violence et de perturbations des personnes qui participent au crime, avec des pratiques de torture, d’expulsion de domicile et de massacres impliquant des hommes et des femmes. J’en conclus que les «factions» ont créé des dynamiques de gouvernement engendrant des formes de domination et d’assujettissement des pauvres à Fortaleza, Brasil.</p><p>Mots-clés: Violence. Crime. Groupes criminels. Factions. Quartiers populaires.</p>

scholarly journals Cape Verde in West Africa region: towards a new paradigm for regional integration

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-561
Author(s):  
João Paulo Madeira ◽  
Nataniel Andrade Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
West African ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
African Region ◽  
The West ◽  
Economic Diplomacy ◽  
West African Region

The West African region has immeasurable natural resources and a market of more than 300 million consumers, contributing directly to the dynamics of the global economy. This article aims to identify the importance of this region in the development of Cape Verde, an economically dependent country that has given primacy to its foreign policy to bet on political and economic diplomacy. This investigation was a literature review, complemented through an interpretative analysis, in which the results obtained may allow to consider that the archipelago of Cape Verde needs to delineate a new paradigm of regional integration, vying for the West African geo-economics’ space and using as a platform to provide services to other ECOWAS countries, so that the gains may also revert to the strengthening of cooperation with the African continent.Keywords: Cape Verde; West Africa; ECOWAS; Regional Integration; Development.

scholarly journals Promoting research to improve maternal, neonatal, infant and adolescent health in West Africa: the role of the West African Health Organisation

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Issiaka Sombie ◽  
Aissa Bouwayé ◽  
Yves Mongbo ◽  
Namoudou Keita ◽  
Virgil Lokossou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
African Health

A curious case of nematode parasitism in a West African Hadada, Gevonticus hagedash

1945 ◽  
Vol 21 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phyllis A. Clapham
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
West Africa ◽  
West Coast ◽  
West African ◽  
The West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nematode Parasitism

In the following article is described an interesting parasitic condition which is difficult to interpret. The small intestine of an Hadada, Geronticus hagedash, was brought back from the West Coast of Africa by Major T. A. Cockburn, M.D., R.A.M.C, who kindly passed it to me for further examination. The bird is a member of the family Plataleidae, living in wooded districts in West Africa in the neighbourhood of water and feeding on invertebrates, mainly annelids and small crustaceans which it finds at the bottom of ponds and streams in the mud.

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