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Department of Research:
Collaborative Project |
Consortium for
Development Parternships (CDP)
Founded in 2004,
CDP is a unique collaborative network that brings together
academic and policy institutions from Africa, Europe and North
America. Its members work together to conduct research and
capacity building projects aimed at advancing the development of
the African continent. The resulting Consortium for Development
Partnerships represents a response to the slow pace of economic
development, democratization and conflict resolution in many
African countries. By pooling the resources of a wide range of
institutions with common interests, it is envisaged that the
Consortium will make available to several African countries a
wide range of the skills and expertise needed to produce
important information, strengthen capacity and achieve positive
change. There are currently fifteen research centres and
universities. This network of institutions is aimed at enabling
individual researchers to benefit from international interaction
while remaining principally engaged in their home countries.
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Joint
Coordinators:
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Member
institutions include
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African
Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Bayero
University, Kano, Nigeria
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Centre for
Democracy and Development, Lagos, Nigeria
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Centre for
Democratic Development, Accra, Ghana
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Centre for
law and social action, Lagos, Nigeria
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Centre pour la
Gouvernance Démocratique, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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Council for
the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal
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L’institut des
Sciences Humaines, Bamako, Mali
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Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Nigerian
Economic Summit Group, Lagos, Nigeria
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Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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Point Süd,
Bamako, Mali
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Royal
Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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University of
Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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University of
Ibadan, Nigeria
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Currently, CDP
has the 8 projects. PAS has 4 projects and CODESRIA has 4
projects. The projects which are CODESRIAs responsibility are:
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Voice and
Media in democracy
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Local
governance and decentralization
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Local
contexts of conflict and peace building
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ECOWAS and
the regional dynamics of conflict
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Activities
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Announcements/call for
applications
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Conferences
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On going events
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Past events
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On the 5th and the 6th of
November 2005 a steering committee meeting was held in
Dakar, Senegal. This meeting that was organised by CODESRIA
set the pace for future planning and organisation of CDP
activities. A memorandum of understanding between the two
coordinating institutions was signed. Research activities
are to start in the course of 2006
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Three of the four projects,
namely, voice and media in democracy, local governance and
decentralization, local contexts of conflict and peace
building have held their planning workshops. The reports of
which will soon be available for downloading.
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Publications and dissemination
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Reports
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New book
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