ORCID-WACA

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.

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 Practice

Four Pillars of the CoP

1

Visibility

Help African researchers, scholars, institutions and journals to stand out on the global stage

2

Adoption

Drive ORCID adoption and integration across institutions and journals

3

Community

Connect peers across roles, languages, and borders

4

Legacy

Build lasting capacity beyond the project lifecycle

Community Members

Researchers

Create and maintain your ORCID iD, link it to your outputs, and increase your 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

July

2026

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.

August

2026

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.

September

2026

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.