Executive Directorate of the PAC-CI Program: The 3rd meeting of the PRISME-CI Strategic Steering Committee and the last management board meeting were on the agenda for end-of-year 2024 activities.

The week of December 2 to 6, 2024, was a busy one for the Executive Directorate of the PAC-CI Program. Indeed, on December 2, 2024, it held the 3^rd meeting of the PRISME-CI Strategic Steering Committee in the Thérèse N’DRI-YOMAN room.

This important meeting was attended, for Côte d'Ivoire, by the effective presence of the President of PRISME-CI, Pr. Thérèse N’DRI-YOMAN, Pr. Aboudramane BAMBA, Director of Research (DR) at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS), Dr. Raoul MOH, Executive Director of the PAC-CI and PRISME-CI Programs, Pr. Patrick Coffie, Scientific Director of the PAC-CI and PRISME-CI Programs, Mr. Adoulaye CISSE, CFO of the PAC-CI and PRISME-CI Programs, and Dr. Anani BADJE, Operational Director of the PAC-CI and PRISME-CI Programs, and for France, representatives from ANRS-MIE, the University of Bordeaux, IRD, and INSERM.

This was an opportunity for the President of PRISME-CI, the Executive Directorate, and their national partners – including the DR, representing the MESRS – and international partners to review the 2024 scientific activities of the PAC-CI Program, discuss the 2025 research prospects, the 2025 budget forecast, and potential avenues for collaboration with the MESRS.

Starting the very next day, December 3, and continuing until December 6, 2024, the last executive board meeting of the PAC-CI Program took place in Assinie, a seaside resort in southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. It brought together members of the Executive Directorate, the Head of Project Managers, and the Heads of the HR, IT, Accounting, Logistics, and Communication and Resource Mobilization departments.

On the agenda for this executive board meeting were the review of activities by department and the development of the PAC-CI Program's Strategic Plan for the 2025-2029 period.