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Mr George A Mintah takes his lessons seriously (photo: jimm)

WACSI Staff Improve their Language Skills

11 April, 2013

Five personnel at the West Africa Civil Society Institute are currently taking English lessons offered by Linguaphone, a language training institute in Accra.

(L-R): Ms. Titilope Ajayi Mamattah, Research and Documentation Officer, WACSI, Ms.Nana Afadzinu, Executive Director, WACSI, Prof. Ebenezer Obadare, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Kansas (photo: jimm)

WACSI Promotes an Effective Knowledge Management Culture within West African Civil Society

09 April, 2013

Civil society practitioners  and researchers from West Africa have welcomed the importance of gathering, storing and sharing information on the efforts of civil society to promote social change in the region.

Ms Marion Vllanueva (left) of the Commonwealth Foundation and Ms Nana Afadzinu, Executive Director of WACSI at the meeting (photo: jimm)

Commonwealth Foundation Promotes Capacity Development of CSOs

09 April, 2013

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from Commonwealth countries in West and Central Africa have amplified the need to support the institutional strentghening of their organisations.

Mr. Essel speaking while Ms. Nana Afadzinu, Executive Director of WACSI (middle) and Ms. Milimo Moyo, Advisor, US Treasury look on.JPG (photo: Jimm)

Promoting the fight against terrorism and Money laundering by CSOs in Ghana

03 April, 2013

WACSI and the Financial Intelligence Centre in Ghana convened a broad range of civil society organisations (CSOs) across Ghana to educate them on the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Act in Ghana.

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Call for Applications: Facilitators for courses on Policy Research Methodology and Analysis

02 April, 2013

Application Deadline: April 5, 2013

The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), a non-profit capacity-building body for civil society in West Africa, seeks to hire facilitators to deliver training courses on Policy Research Methodology and Analysis for civil society actors in West Africa.

Pool of West African experts at a meeting at WACSI (photo: Jimm Fomunjong)

Managing Knowledge for Policy Influence in West Africa

25 March, 2013

WACSI will organise a meeting on Managing Knowledge for Policy Influence in West Africa at its office in Accra, Ghana, on Friday 8 April 2013.

Resource Centre

The Institute has a resource centre that is open to civil society actors in the region. It serves as a library of civil society documents, research reports and edited volumes that are accessible to both individuals and organisations. The Institute has partnered the Foundation Centre to provide online learning resources and a database of grant giving institutions in the United States of America.

For more info please contact us: resourcecentre@wacsi.org.

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