News | GI WACAF

The 10th Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF) will take place in Lomé (Togo), 25th to 28th November, 2024

We are glad to introduce the new Project coordinator: Rim Al Amir

New GI WACAF Project Manager, Anaïs Guillou

GI WACAF contributed to the World Bank led “West Africa Coastal Areas 2020 Assessment”

GI WACAF conducted its end of 2020-2021 biennium webinar - 1 December 2021

GI WACAF second webinar season in a nutshell

GI WACAF Q2 Q3 2021 review of activities [infographics]

2021 Mid-year review: how did the GI WACAF Project keep supporting the region?

GI WACAF takes part in the national workshop to launch the coastal sensitivity maps and validate Senegal's Shoreline Response Plan – 24-26 August 2021

GI WACAF organised a fully online joint industry-government national IMS 300 training and exercise with Namibia – 20 -23 July 2021

GI WACAF attends the closing ceremony of the MOOC on environmental management of offshore oil & gas activities in West Africa - 12 July 2021

GI WACAF conducted its first fully online training on liability and compensation in case of oil spill pollution - 28-30 June 2021

GI WACAF participated in the 2021 Virtual International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) – 12 May 2021

GI WACAF Q1 2021 review of activities [infographics]

GI WACAF participated in the virtual meeting to launch phase #2 of the "Sustainable management of oil&gas activities in West Africa" project (COBIA initiative) - 15 April 2021

GI WACAF contributes to a MOOC on the environmental management of offshore oil & gas activities in West Africa

New GI WACAF Industry Chair

GI WACAF webinar series on oil spill preparedness and response returns starting April 14th!

2020 activities review: how did GI WACAF innovate to strategically rethink the way the Project supports the region?

GI WACAF attends DMISA Disaster Risk Reduction (DDR) Webinar 2021 - 17-18 March 2021

GI WACAF attends CRIMSON virtual Coordination Meeting - International Maritime Partners in the Gulf of Guinea, 17-18 March 2021

New GI WACAF Project Manager

GI WACAF first webinar season in a nutshell

New GI WACAF Industry Vice Chair

New GI WACAF Project Coordinator

How did GI WACAF adapt during the first semester of 2020?

GI WACAF launches its webinar series on oil spill response and preparedness

IMO and IPIECA reaffirm their commitment to support national authorities to remain prepared for oil spills during the Covid-19 pandemic

Coronavirus - Message from the GI WACAF Industry Chairman, Rupert Bravery

GI WACAF activities postponed due to Coronavirus

GI WACAF attends the mid-term evaluation meeting of the COBIA initiative in Dakar, Senegal

2019 has been a very productive year for GI WACAF

GI WACAF attends the GoGIN coordination meeting in Lisbon, Portugal - 13-14 January 2020

GI WACAF collaborates with GoGIN to support operational training on oil pollution response – Cotonou, Benin, 25 June-3 July 2019

GI WACAF attends GoGIN Project Advisory Committee (GPAC) in Dakar – 9/10th April 2019

GI WACAF attends the GoGIN coordination meeting of maritime international partners in the Gulf of Guinea in Paris – 18th/19th December 2018

GI WACAF attends a joint Government/industry Incident Management System (IMS) oil spill exercise in Port Elizabeth – 29-30 November 2018

Change in GI WACAF Secretariat

GI WACAF attends the scoping workshop for the preparation of the plenipotentiaries meeting of the Abidjan Convention in Abidjan – September 3-5 2018

GI WACAF and MAVA, a blossoming collaboration

GI WACAF attends a French Navy at sea response exercise in Brest – September 13-14 2017

Industry Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) – Plymouth, United Kingdom – September 26-28 2017

Conference on Marine Safety and Fisheries Protection – Nigeria – July 13-14 2017