01.International University Exchange Program
Nowadays, there is an articulated need by research centres and universities to go beyond their countries' frontiers. Universities cannot prevent themselves from investing in international projects to allow a more cultural, economic and social opening of their programs and activities.Today, the education system advocates for a more international dimension of teaching, particularly with a focus of deeper knowledge of foreign cultures.
As part of the Gorée Institute Education program, an ambitious project is currently being developed. Its aim is to share knowledge at all levels between foreign professors, students and their Senegalese counterparts.
By developing its relations with the International community, the Gorée Institute will support the relationships between communities of different backgrounds. This project will allow the sharing of knowledge on the vertical and horizontal levels in a way that support a politically alive Africa ; one that encourages peace , security and conflict prevention and other subjects of interests. The Gorée Institute is an open space for education, political dialogue and networking allowing the establishment of alliances of organizations and people from different backgrounds. The idea is to transform Gorée, an island characterised by its painful history, into a positive environment for education, peace and democracy.
This project will reinforce research on specific subjects that are at the core of Gorée institute's activities and field of expertise. With the institute's vast network of organisations, companies, NGOs and universities, along with its strategic location, participants are expected to gain tremendous knowledge in the fields of:
- African studies
- Transatlantic slave trade
- Modern West African History
- Archaeology
- African Diaspora
- Language (French and Wolof studies)
- Social studies
- Social Anthropology
- African culture and art
- African literature
- Political science in an African context
The Gorée Institute has already established exchange programs with foreign Universities and organisations like the Mellon Foundation, Spelman College and Emory University .
02.African business consulting services
The African continent is increasingly becoming a destination of choice for investments. Conscious of this reality and proven expertise acquired during the past in the field of Peace, Development, Culture and Democracy, the Gorée Institute seeks to offer consulting services.
In that manner, the Institute will contribute in the long-lasting development of Africa , participate on the creation of better political and economic governance and support any initiative for the preservation of internal and external peace which the continent needs so much for its stability.
The focus of the Institute is Africa and its fields of consultation include:
- Economy and development
- Investment opportunities
- Culture
- Politics and democracy:
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Political dialogue,
Civil societies,
Democracy,
Conflicts,
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03.Training/workshops
The Gorée Institute organizes seminars/workshops which are addressed to educational advisers, teachers, managers, project developers and clericals eager to supplement their professional experience with personalized training.Our human and material services are designed to facilitate the acquisition of new skills and the development of new capacities.
The Gorée Institute concept is on the one hand a residential formula, with quiet lodgings allowing for optimal concentration and, on the other, that of total immersion favouring the use of skills and knowledge in real situations which reinforce progress.
