WACSI

Founded in 2005, WACSI is a non-governmental organisation based in Accra, Ghana working on democracy & civil society.

WACSI is a civil society capacity development institute and knowledge sharing hub for civil society organisations in West Africa. It was established in 2005 by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and became operational in 2007. Its work covers capacity development for civil society and public agencies, policy influencing and advocacy on issues such as civil society regulation, civic space, gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals, knowledge management and communications, and monitoring, evaluation and learning. Its interventions target national and regional civil society institutions in Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Senegal, with plans to extend support to Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gambia, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. Based in Accra, Ghana, the institute also publishes knowledge products such as op-eds, issue papers and policy briefs.