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 and innovation 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, 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.<\/p>\n
HOST: <\/strong>Universit\u00e9 of Cheikh Anta Diop, <\/strong>Dakar and Institut de Recherche en Sant\u00e9, de Surveillance Epid\u00e9miologique et de Formation) IRESSEF<\/p>\n DATE:<\/strong>\u00a0 22nd<\/sup> – 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0November 2021 (Preconference Workshops)<\/p>\n 24th<\/sup>\u00a0– 25th<\/sup> November 2021 (AGM and Conference)<\/p>\n Theme: Optimizing Research and Innovation Management in Emerging Economies<\/strong><\/p>\n Sub-Themes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Workshops:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n We will draw on an excellent faculty of trainers for two days of preconference workshops on the following themes:<\/p>\n This session will look at the funding landscape. Give a detailed exploration of funding options available to scientists\/researchers at different levels in their career. The session shall explore researcher development and its challenges as well as necessary support systems needed by researchers. It will explore grant writing support from the perspective of a research management professional. <\/em><\/p>\n As collaborators, most often researchers in emerging economies do not have much influence on intellectual property in projects. The resources they bring along such as data, access to populations, samples, etc are not adequately acknowledged. In the era of big data, open access and data repositories, this session will explore the challenges faced by universities, researchers and research management professionals in resource-limited environments and provide insights and learning on appropriate protections, solutions to ensure optimal benefits are achieved by researchers and research institutions. <\/em><\/p>\n Who can participate: <\/strong>University VCs, Rectors and Heads of tertiary institutions, Directors of Research Institutes, Directors of Research and Linkages, Heads of Research and Innovation Management Offices, Provosts, Deans and Directors in tertiary institutions, Project\/Research Directors,\u00a0 Postgraduate students, Managers of Research-focused NGOs and Private Sector Organizations , Technology Transfer Professionals, Senior Academics and Researchers from Universities and Research Institutes Research Administrators; Policy Makers in Government, Parastatals and Science Granting Councils and all who are interested in Research and Innovation Management.<\/p>\n Fees \u2013 Attendance fees are <\/strong><\/p>\n Abstracts –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Closing date for Abstracts \u2013 31st<\/sup> July 2021<\/strong>. All abstracts should be sent to dkanteh@mrc.gm<\/a><\/p>\n Accommodation: <\/strong>Please send enquiries to jeanpierre.nguessan@iressef.org<\/a> who will advise you on accommodation arrangements<\/p>\n Key Contacts <\/strong><\/p>\n Ms Chibuzor Mokelu<\/strong> Prof. Patricia Lar<\/strong> Mr. Dembo Kanteh<\/strong> Dr. Aisha Fofana Ibrahim<\/strong> Mr. Jean Pierre Nguessan<\/strong> Members: Register Here!<\/a> The West African Research and Innovation Management Association is a non-profit professional membership organisation for research managers and administrators for the promotion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10072,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warima.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nAdministrator, WARIMA
\nWARIMA Administrative Office
\nUniversity of Ibadan Advancement centre
\ncharismokelu@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWARIMA, Secretary General,
\nlarp1000ng@yahoo.com<\/a>
\nUniversity of Jos
\n+2347036830108<\/p>\n
\nAssistant Secretary General, WARIMA
\nMRCG at LSHTM\/IRESSEF
\ndembo.kanteh@lshtm.ac.uk<\/a>
\nTel: 00220 9923545; 00221 781539296<\/p>\n
\nFirst Vice President, WARIMA
\nFourah College, Sierra Leone
\nmamaaisha@gmail.com<\/a>
\n+23276991751<\/p>\n
\njeanpierre.nguessan@iressef.org<\/a>
\n+221776207604<\/p>\n
\nNon-Members: Register Here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"