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Established on May 28 1975 via the treaty of Lagos, ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.

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Achievements

Consolidation of Peace and Security in Member States.

Humaniterian assistance and Socio Economic Recovery and Reintegration.

Rehabilitation and Equipping of Prosthetics/Handicap Center in Guinea Bussau.

Development of Training Curricular with an e-Learning Perspective.

The ECOWAS Volunteers Programme

Failures
The 5 main challenges was terrorism and violent extremism, to piracy, political instability, elections- related violence, drug trafficking or deadly viruses.

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The main goal of ECOWAS is to promote economic cooperation among member states in order to raise living standards and promote economic development. ECOWAS has also worked to address some security issues by developing a peacekeeping force for conflicts in the region.

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1. To fund ECOWAS peace and security activities that cannot be foretold or foreseen
2. To provide capacity for preventive deployment and preparation of an environment conducive to deployment of a regional or international peace support operation personnel
3. To enable a rapid and flexible response to threats to peace and security in the West African region
4. To create a joint framework for ECOWAS and the international community to respond to peace and security issues in West Africa
5.To support the capacity development of Stakeholders involved in promoting peace, conflict prevention, security, good governance, and human rights.
6. To supplement the finances of ECOWAS ordinary budget for the activities contained in the Protocol Relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peace-keeping and Security of December 1999, the Protocol A/SPI/12/01 of December 2001 on Democracy and Good Governance, Supplementary to the Mechanism, as well as the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework.

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ECOWAS has several achievements, such as: Consolidation of peace and security in member states, Rehabilitation and equipment of a prosthesis/disability center in Guinea Bussau, Development of a training curriculum with an e-Learning perspective, ECOWAS Volunteer Program.

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The ECOWAS Peace Fund through its programs and projects has achieved the consolidation of peace and security in conflict-affected Countries in the ECOWAS Region.

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The ECOWAS was formed initially from the region's former French, British and Portuguese colonies, and independent Liberia, following post-colonial independence throughout the region particularly in the 1960s and 1970s.

The union was established on 28 May 1975, with the signing of the Treaty of Lagos

When 16 countries from Western Africa signed a Lagos agreement. The goal of the creation of this community was the promotion of the economic integration of the member states. In 2000, Mauritania left the community, and today there are 15 countries in it.
the member state are benin ,burkina faso ,cape verde cote d'ivoire ,the gambia, ghana ,guinée bissau, liberia, mali, niger, sierra leone ,senegal and togo

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The main goal of ECOWAS is to promote economic cooperation among member states in order to raise living standards and promote economic development. ECOWAS has also worked to address some security issues by developing a peacekeeping force for conflicts in the region.

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Established on May 28 1975 via the treaty of Lagos, ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.
The main goal of ECOWAS is to promote economic cooperation among member states in order to raise living standards and promote economic development. ECOWAS has also worked to address some security issues by developing a peacekeeping force for conflicts in the region.The ECOWAS Peace Fund through its programs and projects has achieved the consolidation of peace and security in conflict-affected Countries in the ECOWAS Region.ECOWAS forces receive insufficient training, lack of preparation and inadequate military equipment. These produced weak interventions and “seriously weakened” the external and internal security of the region and ability to overcome the activities of Boko Haram terrorist group

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The main objectives of ECOWAS is promote economic cooperation among Member States in order to raise living standards and foster economic development

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Welcome to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Established on May 28 1975 via the treaty of Lagos, ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.

Member countries making up ECOWAS are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo

Considered one of the pillars of the African Economic Community, ECOWAS was set up to foster the ideal of collective self-sufficiency for its member states. As a trading union, it is also meant to create a single, large trading bloc through economic cooperation.

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The ECOWAS Peace Fund successfully provided humanitarian assistance to, and powered the socio economic recovery and reintegration of vulnerable groups (refugees, returnees, internally displaced persons) in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, etc.

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When this organization was newly created – the main idea was to unite the West African economies into one space. Therefore, the very first objective of ECOWAS was to become a pillar for the African Economic Community. It was also aimed at creating an integrated trade space. A new trading block was created which includes fifteen African countries.

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Welcome to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Established on May 28 1975 via the treaty of Lagos, ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries.

Member countries making up ECOWAS are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and To
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ECOWAS was established in may 28 1975 via the treaty of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.it was established to promote cooperation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union for promoting economic growth and development in West Africa.