What We Do
West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF) is the specialized agency of the MOF TOGO that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability.
The mission that the MOF TOGO Heads of State have entrusted to the West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF)is unequivocal: to contribute to the implementation of the regional industrialization policy whose vision is based on a modern and sustainable developmet, founded on the efficiency and effectiveness of small and medium scale industies and the promotion of industrial enterprises through the involvement of the private and public sector.
This specialized agency, the West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF), is mandated "to ensure the technical execution of regional investment programs and plans that contribute to the operationalization of the regional industrialization policy by relying on regional institutions, organizations and actors. with proven skills ". It performs the function of specialized technical structure, delegated project management projects and programs.
Specifically, the West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF)'s mission is to:
1. Strengthen the technical capacities of intervention and action of the Department of SME, Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources of MOF TOGO in the implementation of investment programs to enable the Department to play its sovereign role fully (strategic orientation, regulation, steering and monitoring-evaluation, strategic watch, etc.),
2. Coordinate, in a rationalization perspective, the activities and fields of intervention of specialized technical institutions in the industrialization fields,
3. Contribute to the capacity building of regional and national actors in file / project preparation, implementation and monitoring of activities.
Our Approach:
The West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF) is responsible for coordinating and facilitating the implementation of the tasks related to the implementation of the regional industrialization policy. It does not directly implement actions in the field, but contracts with technical institutions and all actors whose skills are proven.
Within the framework of the projects it coordinates and with the support of the financial partners, the NIDA directly finances, through calls for proposals, projects in the field that are supported by the public and private sectors, NGOs and Associations.
The West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF) plays a much greater role in coordination, supervision, coaching, facilitation and networking.
Where We Work:
As a specialized agency of MOF TOGO, the NIDA has as zone of coverage, the 15 MOF TOGO Member States, namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia , Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
In order to strengthen the facilities made available to the Agency and its staff by the host country, the Togolese Government has provided a two-storey office building. This space located at Rue de la Paure (Super Taco), Lom , Togo, is a friendly working environment for the staff of the NIDA who integrated it at the end of January 2013. Before this move, the NIDA was housed within the MOF TOGO Bank for Investment and Development.
This action by the Togolese Government reinforces the institutional support of the development partners who are committed to assisting MOF TOGO in the establishment of the Agency by financing the staffing, operation and equipment of the Agency.
Our Partners
Although often seen as beneficiaries, the fifteen Member States of MOF TOGO are first and foremost the main partners of West African Charity Support Foundationn (WACSF). To these must be added the structured regional actors within the technical cooperation institutions, the World Bank Group, the European Union, the socio-professional organizations, the private companies and the various technical and financial partners. With the support of its partners, MOF TOGO, through the NIDA, strongly believes that Industrialized Economy is possible in West Africa by 2025.
