{"id":8195,"date":"2020-12-27T20:27:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T20:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warima.org\/?page_id=8195"},"modified":"2021-03-01T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:52:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row type=”full-width-section” css=”.vc_custom_1422795121140{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 93px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #f9fafb !important;border-bottom-color: #ebebeb !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}” parallax_background=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1422794172714{padding-top: 6px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][rd_images_carousel images=”8338″ size=”570×420″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1422794179242{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Overview of WARIMA<\/strong>” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1609246699283{margin-bottom: 19px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1609100122007{margin-bottom: 29px !important;}”]The West African Research and Innovation Management Association. (WARIMA) The West African Research and Innovation Management Association is a non-profit professional membership organisation for research managers and administrators for the promotion of best research management practices in West Africa.<\/p>\n

Our diverse membership covers Academic and Research Institutions across West Africa with expertise in various fields of research management making it the most prolific research association in the sub-region with its headquarters in Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Membership with WARIMA offers a wide range of services including partnership with funding organisations, opportunities for capacity building, skills development, and network with multi-national leaders in various fields of research in innovating policies to shape future of research around the world. WARIMA has been in existence for 11 years as a professional organization for the development of research and innovation management in West Africa. This 5-year strategic plan builds on successes gained and positions WARIMA as a reference point in West Africa, ready to engage with all manners of stakeholders to advance research management and innovation in the sub-region and beyond.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″ animation=”rda_flipInY” css=”.vc_custom_1609246366744{padding-top: 5% !important;padding-right: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;background-color: #82b240 !important;}” font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_custom_heading text=”OUR VISION” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:15|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal” el_class=”letterspacing-1″ css=”.vc_custom_1609246167862{margin-bottom: 2px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1609246295966{margin-bottom: 23px !important;}”]To be the foremost regional Leader in Research and Innovation Management in the West African Sub-region through global engagements, capacity building and collaborations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ animation=”rda_flipInY” css=”.vc_custom_1609245914070{padding-top: 5% !important;padding-right: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;background-color: #15590f !important;}” font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_custom_heading text=”OUR MISSION” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:15|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal” el_class=”letterspacing-1″ css=”.vc_custom_1609246142576{margin-bottom: 2px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1609246406532{margin-bottom: 23px !important;}”]To continuously develop, engage and capitalise research and innovation management in the sub region to facilitate knowledge-based activities, inventions, interventions and solutions that will unleash sustainable development in West Africa[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full-width-section” parallax=”content-moving-fade” parallax_image=”8201″ css=”.vc_custom_1609104930987{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 45px !important;padding-bottom: 46px !important;background-image: url(http:\/\/www.rd-themes.com\/TheFox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/bg_31.jpg?id=2416) !important;}” font_color=”#ffffff” parallax_background=””][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”JOIN WARIMA” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:24|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1609102124171{margin-bottom: 26px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”AND BE A PART OF OUR FAST GROWING NETWORK” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:40|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:900%20bold%20regular%3A900%3Anormal”][double_button f_b_text=”JOIN WARIMA NOW” f_t_color=”#ffffff” f_b_color=”#2c3e50″ f_t_hover_color=”#ffffff” f_b_hover_color=”#45d0ff” f_animation=”rda_bounceInLeft” s_b_text=”RENEW MEMBERSHIP” s_t_color=”#ffffff” s_b_color=”#00a3da” s_t_hover_color=”#ffffff” s_b_hover_color=”#1dd1ad” s_animation=”rda_bounceInRight”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full-width-section” css=”.vc_custom_1612782751284{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 64px !important;background-color: #238412 !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” font_color=”#ffffff” parallax_background=””][vc_column width=”1\/4″][count_sc type=”9″ number=”14″ number_color=”#ffffff” heading_color=”#ffffff”]Countries[\/count_sc][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][count_sc type=”9″ number=”169″ number_color=”#ffffff” heading_color=”#ffffff”]Members[\/count_sc][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][count_sc type=”9″ number=”5″ number_color=”#ffffff” heading_color=”#ffffff”]Research Projects\/Workshops[\/count_sc][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][count_sc type=”9″ number=”50″ number_color=”#ffffff” heading_color=”#ffffff”]Publications[\/count_sc][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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