BROAD MANDATE: Conflict Prevention, Management, Peacebuilding, Democracy and Good Governance

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES

• Facilitate the implementation of the:

  • Protocol Relating to the Mechanism  for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security of 1999;

  • Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance of 2001;

  • ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF) of 2008

• Facilitate electoral assistance to Member States through capacity building for Electoral Management Bodies, observation and monitoring of elections.

• Promote and consolidate good governance through capacity building for political parties, legislative bodies, the Judiciary and the media, as well as human rights and anti-corruption institutions.

• Support for ECOWAS Mediation efforts and Organs (The Council of the Wise, Mediators and Facilitators).

• Facilitate and service the Mediation and Security Council at the Ambassadorial, Ministerial and the Heads of State levels, as well as high-level political meetings with external partners, including the African Union, the United Nations and the European Union.

Sections of the Directorate

1. Political Affairs and International Cooperation Division.

2. Democracy and Good Governance Division.

3. Electoral Assistance Division

4. Mediation and Facilitation Division.

Meeting Reports

	FOLLOW-UP MEETING OF THE NETWORK OF NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONS IN WEST AFRICA ( held in BAMAKO, 12 -15 OCTOBER 2010 ) FINAL COMMUNIQUE
	Two Decades of Peace Processes in West Africa: Achievements, Failures, Lessons' ( held in Monrovia, Liberia from 22-26 March 2010)
	REGIONAL MEETING ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND INTERNAL PARTY DEMOCRACY IN ECOWAS MEMBER STATES (ABIDJAN, REPUBLIC OF COTE D’ IVOIRE 21-22 JULY, 2010 ) FINAL COMMUNIQUE
	REGIONAL MEETING ON POLITICAL PARTIES AND INTERNAL PARTY DEMOCRACY IN ECOWAS MEMBER STATES (ABIDJAN, REPUBLIC OF COTE D’ IVOIRE 21-22 JULY, 2010 ) MEETING REPORT

Regulation MSC/REG.1/01/08