The National Agency for the Promotion of Research and Innovations (ANVAR) held an information workshop for science journalists on national research and innovation policies and strategies on Thursday, December 23, 2021. This initiative is part of the Valorization of Research Results in West Africa (VaRRIWA) project.

The VaRRIWA project was set up with a view to making known and promoting more the results of research and innovations that researchers bring to light. This program aims to create an incentive environment for the transfer of technological results, inventions and innovations in 4 West African countries (Togo, Benin, Senegal and Burkina Faso).

Scheduled to last 4 years (2021-2024) for approximately 3 billion FCFA, the VaRRIWA project envisages training on the valorization of research results and their economic exploitation, building a long-term support system for the valorization of results, facilitating the networking and exchanges between public and private partners. But also to divulge information on the results, hence this information meeting for journalists who are interested in questions of research and innovation.