The International Association Pan African Institute for Development (I’PAID)

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.
 

Pan African Institute For Development - West Africa (PAID-WA)

PAID-WA is an active resource institution promoting sustainable development in Africa. Established in 1969, PAID-WA's activities cover all the English speaking West African countries in particular, and Africa in general. Situated in pleasant surroundings on the slope of Mr. Cameroon in Buea, South West Province, Cameroon and at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level. This town enjoys coal temperate climate throughout the year. Buea is 3o minutes from the coastal area of Limbe, and within a short distance from Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon.
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A Brief History of PAID-WA                                                                

Prior to the establishment in 1964 of the Pan African Institute for Development (PAID), there was an identified need for development agents, particularly in government, to collaborate with the limited number of elite officers, often trained overseas, to foster socio-economic development, particularly in the rural areas. The fact that no national institution for training such personnel existed also encouraged the emergence of this regional Institute.

The increasing need for training middle level development personnel as well as the auspicious environment prevailing in the sixties led to the rapid growth and expansion of PAID. Within a span of 14 years, PAID established four sub regional training centres whose services covered the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. These 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.
 

PAID-WA Profile     
                                                                                

PAID-WA is a capacity building institution that has been very active in the development arena since 1969. Since then, the Institute has been engaged in providing specialised training dedicated to improving living standards, alleviating poverty, promoting change in gender relations and socio-economic planning and development, and facilitating institutional strengthening, sustainable enterprise development, micro credit management, and natural resource management. As is the case with the other sister Institutes, the activities of PAID-WA are to some extent controlled by the Governing Council of International PAID whose role is to define the Institution’s policy and major activities.

PAID-WA has an observer status with ECA, ECOSOC, FAO, UNESCO, UNICEF, ILO and the AU, which enables it to make substantial contribution to the resolution of Africa’s socio-economic problems.                                                        
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