The ECOWAS Research and Innovation Support Program (PARI) is a competitive program that aims to select the best projects submitted by researchers through calls for applications. It appears in the action plan of the ECOWAS policy on Science, Technology and innovation (ECOPOST, Strategic axis 3, activities 3.2.1 to 3.2.3) and is in close line with the Community Strategic Framework. (CSC) 2016-2020 of ECOWAS, the African Union Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation (STISA), the African Union Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-30 ). This program is implemented to provide a response to the many challenges of the research sector (obsolescence and degradation of equipment and infrastructure, low production of researchers, development of regional research programs, etc.)

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