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OSIWA is holding a meeting to design a research methodology for ‘’EITI-FOI regional Campaign’’, December 7-8, Dakar -Senegal

7 December 2009
The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is holding a meeting to design a research methodology for its Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative – Freedom of Information (EITI-FOI) regional Campaign on December 7-8, 2009 at Hotel Terrou Bi in Dakar, Senegal.
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DISSEMINATION WORKSHOP/OSIWA PARTNERS FORUM HOLDS in Dakar - December 14-16, 2009

7 December 2009
OSIWA and CODESRIA is organising a Dissemination workshop where the findings of an evaluation of projects supported by the Foundation across the Sub region will be presented for debate, analysis and validation. The forum which will attract a broad cross section of organisations from the Sub region will also launch the OSIWA Partners’ Forum.
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Brainstorming Forum for the Definition of an OSIWA Youth Policy, December 9-10, 2009, Dakar (Senegal)

19 November 2009
A two-day forum will bring together about fifty youth organizations or organizations working on youth related issues in West Africa. The global objective if this meeting is to reflect, by means of a participatory process, on the definition of OSIWA’s youth programmatic initiatives and the relevant partners. The participants at this forum would brainstorm on points such as: the definition of the youth as a target group for OSIWA, the common points and the specificities of the West African youth, the major concerns of this youth as well as its strong points and the opportunity it provides for OSIWA to be able to promote values such as good governance, transparency, justice, equity, etc, and to contribute to the development of the sub-region.
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WAPILC Quarterly : Journal of the West Africa Public Interest Litigation Centre

Welcome to the maiden edition of WAPILC Quarterly, the journal of the West Africa Public Interest Litigation Centre! WAPILC Quarterly is part of the research and publications mandate of WAPILC and seeks to collate cutting edge ideas and expositions on Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the West Africa sub-region. This maiden edition of the Quarterly will briefly discuss how WAPILC came to be, what it is meant to achieve and how exactly it will go about achieving its aims and objectives.
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Governance in West Africa: A Survey of Trends in 2006

Synthesis Report Prepared on Behalf of CODESRIA and the Monitoring Team By Adebayo Olukoshi, Executive Secretary
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Regional bodies decry dehumanisation of african deportees...Plan a major campaign.
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