Press Releases
University of Abuja Authorities Seek Collaboration with ECOWAS
 Abuja 18th August 2016 Authorities of the University of Abuja are seeking to collaborate with ECOWAS on a number of areas of human development. Specifically, the university is also seeking to partner with ECOWAS and get needed support in areas covering … Continue reading
Ministers of Finance Recommend Regular Review of ECOWAS CET Implementation
 Dakar, August 18, 2016 The Ministers of Economy and Finance of ECOWAS Member States have called on the regional organisation’s Commission to regularly assess implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (ECOWAS CET) and its impact on the Community’s economy, … Continue reading
ECOWAS-Civil Society work towards consolidating Conflict Prevention efforts
 (Dakar, 17th August, 2016):ECOWAS is working beneficially with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to consolidate conflict prevention and peace building efforts in the region. Pursuant to this, the ECOWAS Commission organized a two-Day workshop which ended on the 17th of August … Continue reading
GIABA, Regional Stakeholders meet in Dakar to discuss Issues and Implications of global emerging trends in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
 The ECOWAS Inter-Governmental ActionGroup against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in West Africa (GIABA) is meeting with stakeholders in Dakar from the 16th to 18th August, 2016 to discuss on the global emerging trends in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating … Continue reading
 ECOWAS President Visits ERERA Headquarters
President of the ECOWAS Commission, Marcel Alain de Souza, visited the offices of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA), on Thursday, 11th August 2016 in Accra, Ghana. It was President de Souza’s first visit to ERERA since he assumed … Continue reading
President of the ECOWAS Commission urges Guinea-Bissau to embrace dialogue as the means to resolve the Crisis in the Country
 (Bissau, 15th August 2016): the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency, Marcel de Souza has paid a two day visit to Guinea Bissau from 14th to 15th August 2016. During the visit President de Souza met with the … Continue reading
A quality study to promote the development of regional infrastructure
The draft report on the Study relating to the Development of a Master Plan for ECOWAS Regional Infrastructure has been validated, subject to the consultant’s taking due account of observations thereof to be incorporated into the consolidated report. Following the … Continue reading