CALL FOR PAPERS

Objectives

Objectives of the symposium:

General objective:

The general objective of this symposium is to provide a situational overview of the state of governance in the fields covered by the various themes, in particular the governance of peoples and societies, university and research governance, employability and economic competitiveness, governance of food, nutritional and environmental security, governance of health systems, security governance, governance of linguistic, artistic and cultural diversity.

Specific objectives:

Specifically, the aim will be to shed light on :

* Governance of peoples and societies ;

* Academic and research governance facing the constraints of employability and economic competitiveness ;

* Governance of food and nutritional and environmental security ;

* Governance of health hystems and major health crises (CSM) ;

* Governance of linguistic, artistic and cultural diversity ;

* Security governance ;

* dentification of communication and dissemination mechanisms on governance issues facing the challenges of global change ;

* Proposal of resilience mechanisms for better governance in Africa.

THEMATIC AXES OF THE SYMPOSIUM

Several themes will be discussed during the symposium:

Axis 1 : Governance of peoples and societies

* Society

* Genre

* Civilisation

* Politics

* Administration

* Ecology

* Custom in Africa

* Religion

Axis 2 : Academic and research governance facing the constraints of employability and economic competitiveness

* Management of universities and research structures (association, administration, unions…)

* Higher education, research and employability

* Higher education, research and economic competitiveness

* Higher education, research, innovation and entrepreneurship

* Higher education, research and sustainable development

Axis 3 : Governance of Food and Nutritional and Environmental Security

* Food availability determined by level of food production, levels of provisions, and marketing

* Economic and physical access to food

* Food use, processing, consumption and consumer nutrition

* Stability and sustainability of availability, access and use

* Conservation and management of natural resources

Axis 4 : Governance of Health Systems

* Governance of care offers

* Governance of health personnel training

* Governance of the health environment (infrastructure, technical platform, catering…)

* Governance of production, promotion, distribution, sales of drugs

* Occupational health governance

* Governance and management of health systems

* Governance of public health establishments

Axis 5 : Security governance

* Rule of Law and National Security

* Civil-Security Relations / Return of military coups in Africa

* Security in prisons: Deprivation versus enjoyment of rights

* Galloping demography and urban security

* Violent extremism and terrorism. 

Axis 6 : Governance of linguistic, artistic and cultural diversity

* Cultural, linguistic and development diversity

* State action on language planning

* Language policy, promotion and enhancement of African languages

Axis 7 : Rural Land Governance

* National legal and institutional framework for rural land

* Rural land security

* Socio-land dynamics and their implications

* Public land security policy

* Land policy and women's access to rural land in Africa

* State of the rural land issue in Côte d'Ivoire

* Rural land security for women and vulnerable social groups

* Rural public land policies and the phenomenon of rural land grabbing

* The mechanisms for regulating rural land conflicts and their effectiveness

* Rural land security issues

* Rural land and social cohesion

Axis 8 : Economic governance

VENUE

Fondation Félix HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY, Yamoussoukro (Côte d’Ivoire)

LANGUAGE OF COMMUNICATION

The official languages ​​of the conference are French and English. Arrangements will be made for simultaneous English-French translation of all plenary sessions and most parallel sessions.

SOUMISSION ET VALORISATION DES CONTRIBUTIONS

1. Submission

Abstracts must be presented in French or English. A person can only submit one abstract as the principal author.

Two forms of contributions can be submitted :

* Papers at the symposium may include theoretical reflections and/or empirical work. The symposium will also be a forum for forward-looking and convivial discussion and reflection between the scientific community and practitioners from the world of organizations and companies.

* The selection will be made on the basis of communication intentions.

- Oral Communications

Oral communication proposals must respect the following format (Times New Roman, Size 12, single spacing) :

* Title of the communication (Capital letters, Bold, Times News Roman, Size 12) ;

* Names, function and affiliation of the author(s);

* Author's email address;

* Abstracts must not exceed 3000 signs including spaces (context, objective, methodology, results, conclusion).

* Presentations will take 25 min (10 min presentation + 15 min discussion).

- Poster

Poster proposals must respect the A0 Format (118 x 84.4 cm or 120 x 80 cm) and not exceed 1500 characters including spaces.

The Posters will be exhibited during the three days of the symposium in a dedicated space.

2. Valuation of contributions

After selection by the scientific committee of the conference, certain papers may be proposed for publication in a collective work and in a thematic issue in the scientific journals of PASRES and FONSTI.

Communication intentions will be evaluated by a scientific committee. Authors will be informed of the decisions of the scientific committee.

Authors whose submissions are selected by the scientific committee will be invited to submit a full text of 5,000 to 7,000 words, for publication.

- Awards

Prizes will be awarded to the best communications from the different axes:

* Award for Best Female Oral Communication

* Best Poster Award

* Best Communication Award (Young researcher)

- TARGET AUDIENCE

This conference targets teachers-researchers, researchers, students, professionals, public and private administration executives, associations, and all those interested in the topic. A certificate will be issued to each participant at the end of the symposium.