PIDs Community of Practice
A collaborative space for researchers, librarians, journal editors, and publishers to share practice, solve problems, and advance persistent identifiers across the region.
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A Regional Forum for Advancing PIDs Adoption
The ORCID-WACA Community of Practice (CoP) brings together professionals working to make African scholarship more visible, discoverable, and citable through ORCID and other persistent identifiers (PIDs).
Hosted by WACREN under the ORCID Global Participation Fund (Round 6), the CoP is the connective tissue between our 15 Ambassadors and the wider research and education community across 22 countries in West and Central Africa.
Join the Community of PracticeFour Pillars of the CoP
Visibility
Help African researchers, scholars, institutions and journals to stand out on the global stageAdoption
Drive ORCID adoption and integration across institutions and journalsCommunity
Connect peers across roles, languages, and bordersLegacy
Build lasting capacity beyond the project lifecycleCommunity Members
Researchers
Create and maintain your ORCID iD, link it to your outputs, and increase the visibility.
Librarians
Lead institutional ORCID rollouts, train researchers, and integrate PIDs with repositories.
Journal Editors
Collect ORCID iDs at submission, improve manuscript metadata, and strengthen attribution.
Publishers
Embed ORCID in editorial workflows, connect to Crossref & DataCite, and push best practice.
Community Activities
Community Call 1
A regional Community of Practice (CoP) meeting to discuss the visibility and adoption of ORCID and other PIDs in research institutions in West and Central Africa.
Community Call 2
A regional Community of Practice (CoP) meeting to discuss the visibility and adoption of ORCID and other PIDs in research institutions in West and Central Africa.
Community Call 3
A regional Community of Practice (CoP) meeting to discuss the visibility and adoption of ORCID and other PIDs in research institutions in West and Central Africa.
West & Central Africa
Geographic distribution of key network regions