TOPS is an ACSS program designed to increase the quality and quantity of communications and networking among ACSS alumni, ACSS and US stakeholders and policymakers.
Under TOPS, the ACSS Communications and Community Affairs (CCA) directorate travels to each African country in which an ACSS community chapter exists (and to selected countries where chapter start-up is imminent) to conduct topical programs for ACSS communities of interest. The programs in each country range in length from half- or full-day symposiums to multi-day programs based on the needs and interests of each community of interest and will be consistent with ACSS standards of academic excellence and relevance. Content of topical programs focuses on U.S. policy and contemporary African security issues and is based on the recommendations of the American Embassy and chapter leadership in each visited country. Learn more about the Communications and Community Affairs (CCA) directorate by visiting our Community pages. In order to increase U.S.government access to ACSS communities of interest in Africa and to expand the pool of experts in TOPS symposiums, CCA is developing partnerships with other USG agencies to promote opportunities for US leaders to meet and engage in 2-way communication with ACSS community members and, through the community members, other influential African leaders.
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2013
- TOPS Symposium on “Natural Resources and Conflict Prevention. ” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (May 2013)
- TOPS Symposium, Kampala, Uganda (February 2013)
2012
- TOPS Symposium, Chad, Djibouti (September 2012)
- TOPS Symposium, Benin, Nigeria (August 2012)
- TOPS Symposium, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone (June 2012)
- TOPS Symposium, Cape Verde, Sao Tomé and Principe, Gabon(May 2012)
- TOPS Symposium, Accra, Ghana (April 2012)
- TOPS Symposium, Moroni, Comoros (February 2012)
- Burkina Faso Community President Visits Africa Center Headquarters
2011
- TOPS Symposium, Kampala, Uganda (September 2011)
- ACSS Delegation Visits Uganda Community Chapter (October 13, 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Gaborone, Botswana (September 2011)
- ACSS Conducts Botswana alumni chapter’s symposium on environmental challenges to the country’s security (October 12, 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Freetown, Sierra Leone (August 2011) Photos
- Sierra Leone Forms a Community Chapter (September 19, 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Port Louis, Mauritius (July 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Mbabane, Swaziland (July 2011) Photos
- TOPS Symposium, Praia, Cape Verde (May 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Maseru, Lesotho (May 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Bamako, Mali (April 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Moroni, Comoros (February 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Nairobi, Kenya (February 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Kigali, Rwanda (February 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (February 2011)
- TOPS Symposium, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Gabon (January 2011)
- Africa Center Community Affairs Completes Successful TOPS (February 23, 2011)
- Africa Center Launches West Africa TOPS Trip (January 11, 2011)
2010
- Africa Center Faculty and Staff Conduct TOPS in Benin and Nigeria (November 17, 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Cotonou, Benin (October 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Abuja, Nigeria (October 2010)
- Africa Center Faculty and Staff Conduct TOPS in Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland (October 12, 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Gaborone, Botswana (August 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Maseru, Lesotho (August 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Ndjamena, Chad (July 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (July 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Nouakchott, Mauritania (July 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Dakar, Senegal (July 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (April 2010)
- TOPS Symposium and Chapter Launch, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (February 2010)
- ACSS Launches International Alumni Chapter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (February 24, 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Djibouti, Djibouti (February 2010)
- ACSS Conducts Topical Outreach Program and Capacity-Building Workshop for its Djibouti Community Chapter (February 22, 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Kampala, Uganda (February 2010)
- On the Road in East Africa with TOPS (February 2, 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Kigali, Rwanda (January 2010)
- TOPS Symposium, Bujumbura, Burundi (January 2010)
- TOPS Symposium and Chapter Launch, Moroni, Comoros (January 2010)
2009
- TOPS Symposium, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (November 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (November 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Yaoundé, Cameroon (November 2009) Photos
- Africa Center Conducts Topical Outreach Program in Cameroon (Published: Nov. 19, 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Cotonou, Benin (October 2009) Photos
- Africa Center’s Topical Outreach Program Comes to Benin (published Nov. 25, 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Bamako, Mali (October 2009)
- Africa Center’s Topical Outreach Program Comes to Mali (November 9, 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (August 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Lusaka, Zambia (August 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Banjul, The Gambia (June 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Ndjamena, Chad (June 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Dakar, Senegal (June 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Kigali, Rwanda (May 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Abuja, Nigeria (April 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (March 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Port Louis, Mauritius (March 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Antananarivo, Madagascar (March 2009)
- TOPS Symposium, Windhoek, Namibia (February 2009)
- TOPS Symposium and Chapter Launch, Maseru, Lesotho (February 2009)
2008
- TOPS Symposium, Dakar, Senegal (November 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (November 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Cotonou, Benin (November 2008) Photos
- TOPS Symposium, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (November 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (November 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Bujumbura, Burundi (August 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Kampala, Uganda (August 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (June 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Accra, Ghana (June 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Maseru, Lesotho (June 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Gaborone, Botswana (May 2008)
- TOPS Symposium and Chapter Launch, Port Louis, Mauritius (May 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Antananarivo, Madagascar (May 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Bamako, Mali (February 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Conakry, Guinea (February 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Kampala, Uganda (February 2008)
- TOPS Symposium, Yaoundé, Cameroon (February 2008)
