Thirty one (31) students from The Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria arrived in Lomé on March 12, 2016 to take French classes at the Centre International de Recherche et d’Etude de Langues – C.I.R.E.L. – of the University of Lomé and six common core courses during a three-month stay in Togo.
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Kpalime outing and closing dinner for the 31 WASCAL students
The workshop was to explore possible collaboration areas between the two international outfits. NASA is the United States government agency that is responsible for science and technology related to air and space.
Participants from WASCAL included the Executive Director, Dr. Laurent Sedogo and Director of Capacity Building, Prof Janet Adelegan. Also in attendance is the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Prof. Jim Adegoke. The officials from NASA comprised Dr. Charles Ichoku and Dr. Richard Damoah.
The Capacity Building Department of WASCAL organized a two day training at its headquarters in Accra for all its accountants in the ten lead Universities within West Africa.
The training was to expose participants to the latest trends in accounting while strengthening the capacity in financial reporting. The training also forms part of WASCAL’s commitment to strengthening financial departments of its Graduate Schools.
With support from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), WASCAL is dedicated to becoming one of Africa’s Climate Change Research think-tanks, while building the Capacity of the next generation of Climate Scientists in West Africa.
WASCAL showcased the strong efforts it continues to put in place towards the adaptation and mitigation of Climate Change in Africa. Adaptation Futures is the biennial conference of the Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation (PROVIA). In 2016 the European Commission and the Government of the Netherlands co-host the fourth edition.
It is a conference and market-place for practices and solutions; a place where ties are strengthened between science and practice The expo formed part of WASCAL/SASSCAL’s’s commitment to showcase their success stories in West and Southern Africa and to build strong ties and partnership with global players in the Climate Change sector.
