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The ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government to hold Sixty – First Ordinary Session in Accra
The Sixty-First Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to hold July 03, 2022, in Accra, Ghana. The Heads of State will be considering reports from … Continue reading
UNDP-Africa Borderlands Center and ECOWAS to host a Partnership Dialogue on West Africa DevelopmentÂ
The UNDP Africa Borderlands Centre (ABC), in collaboration with ECOWAS, will host a partnership dialogue to deepen collaboration on development in West Africa. The dialogue, slated for July 4–5, will bring together participants drawn from the ECOWAS Commission and UNDP … Continue reading
Childcare Centre Administrators from Six PAPEV Countries have received training on techniques for listening to and supporting child victims of rights violations: They depart Bissau satisfied.
After 3 days of discussion on the new techniques and styles for listening to and supporting child victims of rights violation, the training for childcare centre administrators ended this Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Bissau, Guinea Bissau. Among other recommendations … Continue reading
ECOWAS Council of Ministers to hold Eighty-Eight Ordinary Session in Accra
The Eighty–Eight Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold from, June 30 to July 1, 2022, at the Movenpick Hotel in Accra, Ghana. The session will be chaired … Continue reading
ECOWAS and OHCHR train Childcare Centre Administrators: Towards better care for Child Victims of Rights Violation in West Africa
 The ECOWAS Commission, through its Gender Development Centre (EGDC) and in partnership with the West Africa Regional Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-WARO), is organising a regional capacity building workshop for staff of childcare centres in … Continue reading
ECOWAS sensitises member states on new regional infrastructure masterplan
Accra, June 26, 2022 – Concerned by the increasing infrastructure deficit and the need to address the financing challenge of regional infrastructure projects, The ECOWAS Commission through the ECOWAS Project Preparation & Development Unit (PPDU), and the sector Departments of … Continue reading
ECOWAS Regional Experts Meet on The Draft Ecowas Common Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade In Services for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
The Eight (8th) Regional Meeting on the Trade in Services Protocol under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), was held virtually on 17th June 2022. The Regional meeting was preceded by a 3-day ECOWAS Commission Internal Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on … Continue reading