Niamey, 27 February, 2017 (ECA) - The Government of Niger, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, on Monday established an Inter-Ministerial Working Group in charge of developing a National Strategy for the Promotion of Regional Development Poles in Niger.
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), February 20, 2017 (ECA) – On Monday, the Ivoirian Government, through the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) and the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), launched the support project to strengthen development planning in Côte d’Ivoire.
Freetown (Sierra Leone), 8 February 2017 (ECA) – A team from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) led by the Director of the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA), Dimitri Sanga, paid an official visit to the headquarters of the Mano River Union Secretariat (MRU) from February 6 – 8.
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), 3 February 2017 (ECA) – On February 20th in Abidjan, the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD) of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, in collaboration with the Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will be launching a support project to strengthen development planning in Côte d’Ivoire.
Dakar, 10 December 2016 (ECA) – A global tool designed to increase private sector investment in Africa's transboundary infrastructure will be unveiled in Dakar on 15 December at the King Fahd Hotel.
The tool, "16: Infrastructure Projects for African Integration" was produced by the Economic Commission for Africa and NEPAD Agency at the request of President Macky Sall of Senegal
Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), 28 Nov 2016 (ECA/APRM/ECOWAS) - At the opening of the West Africa regional workshop on the Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) this morning in the Ivorian capital, a clear call was made for the four countries in the sub-region yet to adhere to the initiative to do so, as the APRM is a « great tool for good governance » that can speed up their development.
Dakar, 23 November 2016 (ECA) - The Sub-Regional Office for West Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA/SRO-WA), in collaboration with the Senegalese Government, organized an ad-hoc experts’ group meeting on the theme: "Transport infrastructure and trade in West Africa", in Dakar the 22 and 23 November 2016.
The primary aim of the meeting was to take stock of the transport infrastructure in West Africa and assess their impact on intra-regional trade and the competitiveness of the sub-region and regional integration.
Dakar, 15 - 17 November 2016 (ECA/SRO-WA). - Senegal has, since February 2014, embarked on the implementation of the Plan Senegal Emergent -PSE-2014-2018, the first plan intended to operationalize Vision Senegal 2035. Priority is thus given to the implementation of effective tools for the formulation, analysis, monitoring and evaluation of development policies. In this respect, the Government of Senegal, in collaboration with ECA, initiated the development and popularization of three major tools in the development policy formulation, monitoring, analysis and evaluation mechanism.