On May 9, 2022, Infrastructure Development Institute – Japan (IDI) and Centre for Coastal Management – Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR), University of Cape Coast, signed the Memorandum of Agreement under the auspices of the World Bank’s West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Program for mutual cooperation on coastal erosion control in West Africa.。

IDI works as the interim coordinator of WACA Japan Knowledge Network under the WACA Program. ACECoR has a mission to achieve sustainable management and use of coastal environment through training of human resources and demand-driven research to support coastal policy development in Africa. In line with the Memorandum of Agreement, IDI will collaborate with ACECoR to make experiences, knowledge and technologies in coastal erosion, flood and sediment management available to West Africa countries through knowledge exchange, research studies, training programme, expert dispatch, short courses and academic cooperation between Japanese relevant organizations and ACECoR.
 
1.Date

On May 9, 2022, Monday, held via online connecting IDI, ACECoR, World Bank, etc.
 
2.Main Participants

IDI	President	Mr. Katsuji Hashiba
	Executive Director	Mr. Atsushi Suzuki
	Director Department of Water Resources & Disaster Prevention Research	Mr. Hisashi Mitsuhashi, et al. 4 persons in total
ACECoR	Director	Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto
	Research Theme Lead	Dr. Donatus Bapentire Angnuureng, et al. 8 persons in total
World Bank etc.	Senior Environmental Engineer Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy West Africa Region	Mr. Kenichiro Tachi, et al. 3 persons in total