Press Releases
ECREEE, UN WOMEN, PARTNERS LAUNCH 5 MILLION EUROS GENDER-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENTS FACILITY
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the UN Women are collaborating to establish a five million Euro small grant Facility for more energy availability in West Africa. Known as ECOW-GEN, the Facility is a funding … Continue reading
ECOWAS GRANT PROGRAMME CALLS FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENERGY POLICY RESEARCH
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is inviting research teams to submit policy research proposals in identified energy fields for its research grant programme that is being launched. The identified fields include but is not … Continue reading
ECOWAS LAUNCHES ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHEME
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in collaboration with the Association of African Universities, AAU has launched its Academic Mobility Scheme in a brief ceremony in Abuja on 22nd September 2015. The Scheme aims to promote regional integration … Continue reading
FINAL COMMUNIQUE:EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ON THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN BURKINA FASO
1. Following the events of 16 and 17 September 2015 relating to the disruption of the transition process in Burkina Faso, the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) … Continue reading
ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT URGES MEMBER STATES TO OBTAIN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY GROWTH MODELS
The president of the ECOWAS Commission Desire Kadre Ouedraogo has urged Member States in the region to obtain sustainable energy growth models. Speaking at the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Policy and Investment High Level Panel which opened in Abidjan, Cote … Continue reading
ECREEE AND AKON LIGHTING AFRICA COLLABORATE TO DELIVER CLEAN ENERGY TO ECOWAS COUNTRIES
The dream of greater clean energy supplies to West Africa has been given a boost as the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and Akon Lighting Africa have agreed to collaborate in the provision of … Continue reading
Joint Press Release of the International Follow-up and Support Group for the Transition in Burkina Faso (GISAT-BF)
Member countries and organisations of the International Follow-up and Support Group for the Transition in Burkina Faso (GISAT-BF) jointly chaired by ECOWAS, African Union and United Nations, most strongly condemn the coup d’état carried out by members of the Burkinabe … Continue reading