Panafrican Institute for Development - West Africa/Sahel (PAID - WAS)

01 BP 1756, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

Phone : +226 50364807 / 50364762 / Fax : +226 50364730

Web site : www.ipdaos.bf

The International Association Pan African Institute For Development is a non governmental organization with membership from various continents of the world, particularly in Africa. It is managed by a governing council chaired by the president. It was created in 1964 to build capacity for sustainable development in Africa. It operates through four regional institutes and has diplomatic status in countries where it is located. Through these institutes, IPAID work with governments, non governmental organizations, the civil society and communities in both English and French speaking African countries. These four sub regional training centres whose services covered the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa are: Pan African Institute for Development – Central Africa (IPD-AC), Douala, Cameroon in 1965; Pan African Institute for Development-West Africa (PAID-WA), Buea, Cameroon in 1969; for the Sahel, IPD-AOS. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1978; and Pan African Institute for Development – East and Southern Africa (PAID-ESA), Kabwe, Zambia in 1979.