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A Memorandum Of Understanding in the Offing To give concrete expression to cooperation between ECOWAS and the IDB
 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are expected to formalise their friendly ties and cooperation through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. ECOWAS Commission President, Marcel de Souza, and IDB … Continue reading
The Department in charge of Industry and Private Sector Promotion of the ECOWAS Commission, through the WAQSP, mobilizes stakeholders to take stock of the quality policy in the 15 countries of ECOWAS and Mauritania.
The West Africa Quality System Programme (WAQSP) funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is organizing in Cotonou, on 18th and 19th October, 2016, the 2nd Meeting of its expanded steering Committee. … Continue reading
ECOWAS statement on the release of 21 of the 276 abducted Chibok schoolgirls in Borno State, Nigeria
Abuja, 13 October 2016. The ECOWAS Commission has received with delight the news of the release of 21 Chibok girls, hitherto in the custody of their abductors, the Boko Haram insurgents. The Commission wishes to recall that the 21 girls … Continue reading
Meeting of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, in the margins of the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa.
 (Lomé, 15th October 2016)  ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held a meeting on 15 October 2016 in Lomé, Togo, chaired by H. E. Mrs. Ellen JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, President of the Republic of Liberia and current Chair of the ECOWAS … Continue reading
Leave no rural woman behind in national and regional agricultural investment plans!
Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) and United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Â INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR RURAL WOMEN 15 October 2016 LEAVE NO RURAL WOMAN BEHIND IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT PLANS! 15 October 2016, Abuja/Accra … Continue reading
Improving Transparency and Trade Facilitation at the Tema Port
Public and Private Sector Stakeholders Meet and Agree on Reform Action Plans  ACCRA, Ghana, October 13, 2016 — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank Group co-hosted two workshops in Ghana from October 10-13, … Continue reading
ECOWAS statement on the ongoing political dialogue process in Guinea Bissau for the implementation of the recently adopted six-point agenda
In keeping with the conclusions of the high-level mediation mission to Guinea Bissau on 10 September 2016, led by His Excellency  Prof. Alpha CONDE, President of the Republic of Guinea and ECOWAS  Mediator, accompanied by His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai … Continue reading