Social Science Research Council

Association of African Universities (AAU)
The Association of African Universities is an international non-governmental organisation set up by the universities in Africa to promote cooperation among themselves and between them and the international Academic community.

Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
FAWE aims to increase access and retention as well as improve the quality of education for all girls within the school system, and women in universities.

Foundation Partnership for African Higher Education
The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa is an initiative of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Launched in May 2000, the Partnership represents both a belief in the importance and viability of higher education in Africa and a mechanism to provide meaningful assistance to its renaissance.

International African Institute (IAI)
The IAI's principle aim is "to promote the education of the public in the study of Africa and its languages and cultures". Its activities range from supporting seminars and other means of disseminating knowledge within and about Africa, to a range of publications, which include an international journal, monographs by distinguished authorities on aspects of African society and peoples, edited volumes, and encouraging pioneering projects concerned with stimulating scholarship within Africa.

The National Summit on Africa
The mission of The Africa Society, a direct outgrowth of the National Summit on Africa, is to educate all Americans about Africa and its people, to build bridges of understanding and partnership, and to facilitate the Continent's social development and political transition to more open, democratic societies.

Le Réseau Ouest et Centre Africain de Recherche en Education (ROCARE)
(Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa)
A pour mission la promotion de l'expertise africaine afin d'influencer positivement les pratiques et politiques éducatives. L'éducation est un des moteurs de la transformation et de la compétitivité en Afrique où la recherche en éducation doit aiguillonner l'évolution des systèmes éducatifs. Et cette recherche doit être imprégnée des valeurs et contraintes locales.