• Background
• Programme Activities
• Initiatives
• Civil Society E-Directory
• Civic Space Monitor
• Key Achievements

Background

The Knowledge Management Unit (KMU) strives to equip and empower West African civil society by facilitating knowledge documentation, curation and sharing. This is done through a collaborative and participatory process and an active involvement of civil society practitioners knowledge production and dissemination.

Key to the Institute’s drive in sustaining its reputation as a thought leader and knowledge hub for civil society in West Africa, the role of the KMU is to:

• Facilitate the availability and access to accurate information on the work of WACSI;
• Facilitate the use of information generated by the Institute to improve its operations and enhance the effectiveness of civil society;
• Support staff to have a clear understanding of the work of WACSI and their role towards the attainment of the institute’s objectives;
• Ensure all staff as well as civil society actors contribute towards the identification, curation and documentation of information on civil society’s praxis and development in West Africa;
• Ensure that documented information relating to the work of civil society is well organised and shared with relevant stakeholders in the sector across the region, to nurture a well-informed civil society whose results-oriented actions are based on evidence;
• Position WACSI as a thought leader that drives capacity development for CSOs in West Africa to attain a prosperous West Africa driven by its people.

Strategic Ambition

The strategic ambition that drives the operations of the KMU hold that: WACSI should curate knowledge and facilitate learning.

This will be done through the following:

• The knowledge and practice of civil society captured through documentation and creation of accessible knowledge repositories.
• Increased use and adoption of research resources by civil society and development actors to inform their work, their development initiatives, further research, and policymaking.
• Increased recognition and visibility of WACSI as a thought leader and knowledge hub for civil society in the region.