The briefing is coming on the heels of an earlier meeting convened on 11 April, 2016 to assess the progress made by Departments on the operationalization of the 3-Year Priority Plans.

Since the last ISC meeting, the ECPF Secretariat has taken steps towards the effective mobilization of financial resources for the ECPF Focal Point Directorates and the development of monitoring strategy for the ECPF reporting process.

During the meeting, there would be updates on Follow-up Actions taken from last convergence of ECPF Secretariat with stakeholders, feedback from partners as well as an introduction to and internal launch of the ECPF web portal.

The ECPF Web Portal which is in prelaunch stage was developed in keeping with the desire to make the conflict prevention and peace building activities of ECOWAS, more tangible to citizens of West Africa. The birth of the web portal is part of ongoing efforts to reposition and enhance the visibility of the strides of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) domiciled in the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS)

The Web Portal which will be published and updated in English and then translated into the two other official languages of the community-French and Portuguese, has a modern look and feel including elements that makes it captivating, navigable and accessible to help in creating the desired visibility and awareness of ECPF programmes and activities.

In a digital and globalizing world, the web portal that promotes peace and alerts to the dangers and drawbacks of conflicts is an important tool for communication and interaction even between community institutions, community citizens and ECOWAS development partners.

Apart from being an information reservoir on the all-important matters of peace, security and conflict resolution, the portal will easily serve the best interest of stakeholders of peace and stability in West Africa while potential donors can with a click, get all the information needed to lend their needed support.

The ISC meeting is a precursor to the complete the launch of the ECPF Web Portal with all the technical details and featuring a presentation to a wider audience including external media collaborators and stakeholders.