The Pan-African Institute for the Development (PAID) is an International Association of Switzerland Law. It is manage by a General Secretariat endowed with two offices, one in Geneva responsible for  partnership with the partners of the North as well as the agencies of the United Nations System and another based  at Yaoundé in Cameroon for the supervision of five Regional Institutes responsible for: 
1. The training of the top executive officials 
2. The support-counseling
3. The Management of the projects 
4. Action -Research