CODESRIA Highly Ranked in 2013 Think Thank

2013 Global Go To Think Thank : Index & Abridged Report The 2013 Go-To Think Tanks Index has been published. CODESRIA features among the top five think tanks in Sub-Saharan Africa, and among the top organizations of the world. For more information see the pdf file.

Happy New Year 2014

CODESRIA gets the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Integration Award 2013

PRESS RELEASE We are very pleased to inform members and friends of the African social community that CODESRIA is the recipient of the 2013 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REGIONAL INTEGRATION AWARD. According to Professor Pablo Gentili, the Executive Secretary of the Latin American Social Science Council (CLACSO), the award has been given to CODESRIA...

Innovation, Higher Education, and Research for Development (Atelier-rencontre sur l’efficacité de la R&D au niveau des politiques et pratiques institutionnelles en Afrique francophone)

8-9 octobre 2013, Dakar, Sénégal OCDE/IHERD – CODESRIA - IRD Logique et objectifs Les stratégies de développement économique des pays africains doivent aujourd’hui prendre en compte le marché mondial de la connaissance, dont l’importance n’est plus à démontrer. L’intégration de l’éducation supérieure et de la recherche dans les politiques macroéconomiques, avec...

CODESRIA 2013 Child and Youth institute: Social Protection and the Citizenship Rights of Vulnerable Children in Africa

The Child and Youth institute – 2013 session will be held from September 16th to October 4th, 2013. The opening session will take place on Monday 16th September at 9 am in the conference room. Kindly find attached the list of participants and the programme.

A NAME IS MORE THAN THE TYRANNY OF TASTE - Wole Soyinka

25 – 26 February 2013 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso First, permit me to unburden myself. A little bit of carping is essential to mental balance and, the Arts are no exception to this principle of psychological release. Indeed, that is an understatement. I should have said: the Arts especially are the supreme example of that truism. You and I know that...

CODESRIA at FESPACO: Programme

Pan-Africanism: Adapting African Stories/Histories from Text to Screen Date: 25 – 26 February 2013 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso DAY 1: MONDAY, 25 FEBRUARY, 2013 09.00–09:20 Welcome and Introductory Statements / Mots de bienvenue et propos introductifs Speakers: 1. Ebrima Sall, Executive Secretary of CODESRIA 2. Balufu Bakupa- Kanyinda, Guilde...

40th Anniversary Celebration of CODESRIA - Press Conference

Dear Colleagues, As you well know, CODESRIA celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. As part of its commemorative activities, a press conference will be held Friday 1st February 2013 from 3.30 pm here at CODESRIA and we have the pleasure of inviting you. The purpose of this press conference is to inform the public of the various commemorative...

AFRIKA NKO Debating the Colonial Library (See the videos)

Dakar Symposium: 28-31 January 2013 Day 1 Day 3 Day 4