This
is the newest of the CODESRIA annual institutes. It was launched
in 2002 when the inaugural session was held in Dakar, Senegal. The
Institute is a direct offshoot of the Council’s Child and Youth
Studies Programme. It is designed to assist in building,
sustaining and sustaining capacity in Africa in the analysis and
understanding of all aspects of the child and youth question in
Africa. Through the work of the Institute, the Council also hopes
to contribute to the emergence of a critical mass of scholars and
policy intellectuals in Africa who are not only networked with one
another but are also able to make substantial contributions to
theoretical, conceptual, and methodological discussions about
children and the youth, and the formulation of innovative policy
interventions attuned to the history, context and realities of the
countries and peoples of Africa.
Themes
