Cotonou, an evening under the heat of democratic ideals

SHM Benin 2024, for more democratic rootedness

After Abidjan and Lomé, the meeting tour of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's partners ended on Thursday, February 22, 2024 with the Cotonou stage.

What can we learn from Interreligious Dialogue 2023?

The Interreligious Dialogue 2023 took place from March 27 to 28 of that year, under the theme "Religion and Sustainable Development." We share with you the results of the work of this seminar.

Lomé by night with PDWA's partners

SHM Togo 2024 went well

On Monday, February 19, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung met with its partners and members of its contact network in Togo, on the theme "Population growth in Togo in the face of environmental and socio-economic challenges."

KAS PDWA honors its partners!

A celebration on accountability matter

On February 5, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung gathered its partners around the theme of "DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY" at its premises in Abidjan. It was a cocktail party to celebrate the New Year with the foundation's political partners, economic players, media, civil society organizations and scholarship holders.

Les fora économiques KAS PDWA 2020-2025

Depuis 2020, KAS PDWA organise des fora pour contribuer à booster le développement économique dans la sous-région ouest-africaine. Trouvez ici une compilation des déclaration et recommandations issues de ces rencontres.

Young civil society actors strengthen their civic capacity in Sierra Leone

A success for KAS and IGR

On October 25 and 26, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), in partnership with Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), held a civic education workshop for 50 young people from Sierra Leonean civil society organizations. The training focused on the main theme: Participative democracy for enhancing local development.

Decentralization and local development on the STT 10 menu

10th Solution Think Tank meeting held in Conakry

From October 16 to 21, 2023, Solution Think Tank (STT) held its 1st face-to-face meeting in Conakry, Guinea. This West African think tank spent a week discussing the theme "Decentralization and local development in West Africa: challenges and prospects".

Meeting of PDWA scholarship holders from Guinea

Discussions on decentralization have been held

On Saturday October 21, 2023, PDWA Fellows from Guinea met in Conakry to discuss decentralization and their potential involvement in the management of their respective local authorities. They grasped the challenge of decentralization as a powerful development tool to facilitate and meet the local needs of populations in communes and departments.

PDWA Fellows from Côte d'Ivoire discuss politics and propose solutions

Alumni and current Fellows reflect on recent municipal and regional elections

Young people active in Ivorian civil society met in Abidjan on Friday September 22, 2023 to exchange their views and share their youthful perspective on the latest elections held in Côte d'Ivoire on the same month. Gathered in a network of alumni of the regional scholarship program PDWA of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), about ten of them took part in this semi-annual framework of discussions of the network in the presence of Dr. Stefanie Brinkel, Resident Representative of the KAS in Abidjan, Kevin Anvo, PDWA Program Officer and Gnamien Attoubré, President of the network of scholarship holders in Côte d'Ivoire and all West African scholarship holders.

IAJP/CO enhances Beninese youth on citizenship

An IAJP-UAC-KAS partnership for greater civic engagement in Benin

On 4 October 2023, the "Institut des artisans de justice et de paix - Chant d'oiseau (IAJP/Co)", in partnership with the University of Abomey-Calavi and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, organised a workshop in Cotonou on "Citizenship and patriotic duties: young people getting involved in the city". A number of students from various universities and young people from civil society took part in the event.