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SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ECOWAS AND THE SPANISH FOUNDATION ‘’MUJERES POR AFRICA”
The President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo and the President of the Spanish Foundation “Mujeres por Africa” (Women for Africa), Madame Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega signed a Memorandum of understanding on gender equality and women empowerment in West Africa on monday 11th of March, 2013 in Abuja . The Memorandum of understanding signed
NINTH ECOWAS/DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ANNUAL COORDINATION MEETING
The ninth ECOWAS/Development Partners annual Coordination Meeting will take place from 8 to the 10 April 2013 at the Headquarter of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja. This year meeting will discuss major challenges in the West African region as well as the on going effort in deepening regional integration process. The meeting will also offer
GERMAN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT MEMBERS VISIT ECOWAS
A delegation of the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) will visit ECOWAS on the 5th March 2013. The delegation consists of four members of the Parliament’s group for relations with English and Portuguese speaking West African countries. The delegation will discuss with the ECOWAS leaders several subjects among them, the development of the economic integration
UN WOMEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VISITS ECOWAS
Madam Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women conducted a working visit on 10 and 11 January 2013, at the ECOWAS Commission. During this visit, Madam Michelle Bachelet had a conversation with the President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo which focused on deepening cooperation between ECOWAS and UN Women in the areas
70% Implementation rate achieved by the ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions for the 9TH EDF Regional Indicative Programme
In accordance with the Technical and Administrative Provisions (TAP) of the Financing Agreements of the drafts as well as the Mechanism for the Coordination and Monitoring of the Regional Indicative Programme (RIP) of the 9th EDF, a Meeting of the RIP ECOWAS/UEMOA Steering Committee was held in Cotonou, Benin from 13 to 15 December 2012.
COTONOU TO HOST THE LAST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE RIP 9th EDF
The last Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Indicative Programme (RIP) 9th EDF will be held from 12 to 14 December 2012 in Cotonou. The forty participants expected to attend the meeting will review the final report on the progress the Program and will provide an update on the status of its technical and financial
