Press Releases

GIZ, ECOWAS train election administrators and stakeholders on effective boundary delimitation

01/08/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

30 July 2021, Lomé – Identifying the need for ECOWAS Member States to establish a for-mal structure and guidelines for carrying out delimitation processes, the ECOWAS Electoral Affairs Division (EAD) conducted a modular training on boundary delimitation. The training is

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The ECOWAS Commission to organize the first meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) Ad hoc Committee on Community Budgeting and Reporting

30/07/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

Lomé, Togo, 30th July 2021. The ECOWAS Commission is set to organize the first meeting of the AFC Ad hoc Committee on Re-sults-Based Budgeting and Monitoring and Evaluation Reporting across all ECOWAS Institutions from 2nd to 11th August 2021 in

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13th West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF)

30/07/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

Online, July 28 – 30, 2021 – The ECOWAS Commission and its partners virtually convened the 13th edition of the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) with various stakeholder groups invloved in the internet ecosystem from Member States of the

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ECOWAS and UNDP hold awareness training on promoting accountability for gender equality and women’s empowerment (gewe) in the Ecowas commis-sion through the gender equality seal for public institutions.

26/07/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

Dakar, Sénégal, July, 26th, 2021. The ECOWAS Commission and the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, based in Addis Ababa, are holding a joint Awareness Training Workshop for Staff of the ECOWAS Commission on Promoting Accountability for Gender Equality and

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The Vice President of The Gambia commends the integrated human security approach to ensuring the protection of ECOWAS citizens in the context of covid-19 pandemic and beyond

22/07/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

July 12 – 16, 2021 – The Vice President of The Gambia, Her Excellency Dr. Isatou Touray, in her Keynote Speech during the High Level Advocacy session by Dr. Siga Fatima Jagne, ECOWAS Commissioner of Social Affairs and Gender on

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ECOWAS ORGANIZES SEMINAR TO ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAX TRANSITION IN WEST AFRICA

22/07/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

Abuja, July 15-16, 2021 – The ECOWAS Commission through the West African Tax Transition Support Programme (PATF) has organized a two (2) day awareness seminar on the implemenation of tax reforms in the region. The seminar was to enlighten participants

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ECOWAS launches its Regional Trade Promotion Organization Network

15/07/2021 Harouna MAYAKI

Abuja, Nigeria, July 15, 2021. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with the support of the International Trade Centre (ITC), officially launched the ECOWAS Trade Promotion Organizations (TPO) Network and held its First Annual General Assembly 15th –

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