The Panafrican Institute for Development – West Africa/Sahel (PAID/WAS) is a subregional institution founded in 1964. It is part of the network of the international association „Institut Panafricain pour le Développement“ (IPD). The area of operation of the IPD-AOS ranges over 12 francophone and lusophone countries of Africa; Burkina Faso, Benin, Cape Verde, the Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo and the Chad. The mission of IPD-AOS is to foster these countries through the support of the capacities in development institutions and in the fields of formation, succor/council and research and innovation.