Charles Kojo Vandyck currently serves as the head of the capacity development unit at the West Africa Civil Society Institute. Vandyck is a social justice advocate who works to strengthen civic leadership and citizens’ participation in development processes. Charles was an executive advisor for the Mandela Washington Fellowship Africa based program. Vandyck is also a founding member of the International Consortium on Closing Civic Space, an initiative of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. Charles is also a core team member of the Reimagining INGOs project, a Rights Co-Lab initiative.