West African Research and Innovation Management Association

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Background to WARIMA

 

The West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA) is the professional body for research management staff in the West Africa region.  WARIMA’s objectives are:

 

 
  • Professional development and capacity building
 
  • Promotion of best practice
 
  • Increasing awareness of research and innovation issues in academic and public fora 
 
  • Advocacy of appropriate national and institutional policy in support of research and innovation and participation in the development and testing of policy
 
  • Advancement of science, technology and innovation, including addressing the asymmetries in access to, and diffusion of, knowledge between 'North and 'South'
 
  • The advancement of a code of professional standards through a framework of values and principles which members are expected to follow
  • The enhancement of the profile of the profession