Participants at the CORE Dakar workshop
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Les équipes de recherche de CORE se réunissent enfin à Dakar, au Sénégal

The CORE initiative marked an important milestone earlier this year: the first in-person learning workshop after more than two years of online interactions and virtual activities. Over fifty participants from twenty international research teams gathered from 17 to 19 January 2023 in Dakar, Senegal. The aim was to share knowledge and experiences of how to frame research for policy and practice and identify cross-CORE project collaborations around engaging with regional and global policy processes.

The CORE initiative marked an important milestone earlier this year: the first in-person learning workshop after more than two years of online interactions and virtual activities. Over forty participants from twenty international research teams gathered from 17 to 19 January 2023 in Dakar, Senegal. 

The aim was to share knowledge and experiences of how to frame research for policy and practice and identify cross-CORE project collaborations around engaging with regional and global policy processes.

One participant remarked “I really appreciated the group sessions and the sharing of experiences on the work carried out by research institutions.” 

 

Male and female researchers from all around the world standing together on a spiral staircase.

Policy event sharing experiences of Covid-19 in West Africa

On the last day, a policy-focused event was organised to better understand the Senegalese’s experience connecting COVID-19 related research findings with policy. Chaired by Julie Crowley, Regional Director, IDRC Central and West Africa, the keynote address was given by Mr Mouhamadou Bamba Diop, Director-General of the Ministère de l’Économie du Plan et de la Coopération. Mr Bamba spoke about how evidence informed Senegal’s response to the crisis and lessons for the future use of research to build long term recovery and resilience in the region. His keynote speech was followed by presentations from a panel of experts who contributed their own technical perspectives from development agencies, civil society and research, on how evidence can be utilised most effectively.  The distinguished panel was comprised of:
  • Mme. Muriel Ametoglo, Regional Feminist Economist, UN Women
  • Mme. Ramatoulaye Diallo, Présidente du Comité de Plaidoyer Basé sur les Données
  • Prof. Alban Ahoure, Director of CIRES’s Economic Policy Analysis Unit (CAPEC)
 
Male and female policy experts sat along a top table sharing their experiences of Covid-19 in Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire
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