In an effort to promote further interaction and collaboration among research centers and higher learning institutions in West Africa, the West African Research Center (Warc) convened in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, a meeting with representatives of three other sister institutions: Point Sud (Mali), the Center for African Studies, University of Ghana - Legon (Ghana) and the Department of External Relations of University Abdou Moumouni (Niger).
The meeting opened Tuesday, September 9, with the presentation of the various institutions represented beginning with the West African Research Center. After the power point document commented by the Director, each section of Warc, namely administration and finance, Director's assistant, computer and logistics, library, were presented with more details to participants by the various senior staff involved.
In their turn, participants from Niger, Ghana and Mali gave a full picture of their institutions insisting on research-related activities.

Later in the evening of the first day a dinner was offered to participants by Warc Director.
The next day, Wednesday, September 10, was entirely devoted to discussions on areas of cooperation and collaboration between the various institutions present at Warc. The session was chaired by Professor Boubacar Barry, Department of History, University Cheikh Anta Diop. Professor Barry is one of the finest intellects doing research on the political, economic and academic integration of West Africa and his presence and contribution to the discussions were much appreciated by the various institution representatives.
The Wednesday session was extremely important in the sense that it helped identify the various areas of cooperation and also spell out a policy to be used as guideline by the research institutions which should develop and consolidate institutional relations between and among them and spare no effort to preserve such institutional ties.

A view of participants in the WARC conference room