West Africa

Niamey, 1st November 2016 (ECA/SRO-WA) - Within the framework of accelerating the implementation of gender equality and equity as an essential basis for Development interventions, the ECA through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA) based in Niamey, Niger, and its African Centre for Gender in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, held a one-day training for the entire staff of the United Nations System (UNS) on the inclusion of gender in programmes, activities and other interventions, last Monday, 31 October 2016 at the United Nations House (UNH) in Niamey. 

Niamey, 28 September 2016 (ECA/SRO-WA) - The Economic Commission for Africa, through its Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, today took part in activities marking the 20th anniversary of the Economic and Statistical Observatory for Sub-Saharan Africa (AFRISTAT) in Niamey, Niger.

AFRISTATcovers 22 African States and seeks to contribute to the development of economic, social and environmental statistics in Member States, and to build their capacities in these areas.

Niamey, 27 September 2016 (ECA/SRO-WA) - A multifaceted and fact-finding mission of technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and senior officials from Niger are staying in Burkina Faso from September 26th to 30th, 2016.

Within the framework of its advisory services to member States and on the request of Burkina Faso’s Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Development (MEFD), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) sent a technical assistance fact-finding mission to Burkina Faso.