The meetings took place on the following dates: January 31, 2025, in Côte d'Ivoire (Abidjan) with more than one hundred partners, February 4, 2025, in Togo (Lomé) with around sixty guests, February 6, 2025, in Benin (Cotonou) with over one hundred participants, and February 24, 2025, in Guinea (Conakry) with about thirty guests.
The main topics of the respective presentations were:
Topic 1: “Elections and Human Rights,” addressed in both Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, as both countries have elections planned for 2025. In Côte d'Ivoire, the topic was presented by Madame Namizata SANGARE, President of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH-CI). In Guinea, Dr. Michel Jeanette TOLNO, Professor at the University of Sonfonia, spoke on the topic.
Topic 2: “Security and Regional Cooperation: Challenges and Perspectives in the ECOWAS Area,” presented in Togo by Prof. Kokou Folly L. HETCHELI, a political sociologist.
Topic 3: “Public Governance and Citizen Participation,” presented by Madame Célestine ZANOU, an expert in public governance, who addressed the participants in Benin.
The goal of these meetings was to strengthen the relationships between KAS PDWA and its partners, to provide partners with an opportunity to expand their networks and share perspectives for 2025 and to identify key issues and challenges in each country.
