{"id":25126,"date":"2017-11-18T06:44:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T06:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/?p=25126"},"modified":"2017-11-18T06:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T06:44:41","slug":"ecowas-signs-development-cooperation-agreement-with-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/?p=25126","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS Signs Development Cooperation Agreement With Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#f4f4f4\">\n<td>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25127\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Vice-President-Edward-Singhatey-and-Dr.-Stefan-Oswald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Vice-President-Edward-Singhatey-and-Dr.-Stefan-Oswald-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Vice-President-Edward-Singhatey-and-Dr.-Stefan-Oswald-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Vice-President-Edward-Singhatey-and-Dr.-Stefan-Oswald-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Vice-President-Edward-Singhatey-and-Dr.-Stefan-Oswald-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Vice-President-Edward-Singhatey-and-Dr.-Stefan-Oswald.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Edward Singhatey and Dr. Stefan Oswald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Abuja, 17<sup>th<\/sup> November 2017.<\/strong>The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has signed on the 16<sup>th<\/sup> of November 2017, a Development Cooperation Agreement with The Federal Republic Germany towards enhancing the various integration programmes of the Community.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission Mr. Edward Singhatey signed the Agreement for ECOWAS while the leader of the German Delegation and Director Sub-Saharan Africa, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany, Dr. Stefan Oswald appended his signature on behalf of his country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25130\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Group-photograph-of-ECOWAS-Commission-officials-and-the-German-delegation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Group-photograph-of-ECOWAS-Commission-officials-and-the-German-delegation-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Group-photograph-of-ECOWAS-Commission-officials-and-the-German-delegation-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Group-photograph-of-ECOWAS-Commission-officials-and-the-German-delegation-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Group-photograph-of-ECOWAS-Commission-officials-and-the-German-delegation-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecowas.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Group-photograph-of-ECOWAS-Commission-officials-and-the-German-delegation.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group photograph of ECOWAS Commission officials and the German delegation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The agreement signing ceremony was the culmination of a series of consultation meetings with Vice President Singhatey and senior officials of the relevant ECOWAS Departments from the 14<sup>th<\/sup> to the 15<sup>th<\/sup> of November 2017.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abuja, 17th November 2017.The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has signed on the 16th of November 2017, a Development Cooperation Agreement with The Federal Republic Germany towards enhancing the various integration programmes of the Community. 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