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The Early Warning System was established in line with
Article 58 of the revised Treaty and the Protocol relating
to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management,
Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security. It comprises the
Observation and Monitoring Centre at the ECOWAS Commission,
Abuja and four (4) Zonal Bureau established in Banjul (The
Gambia), Cotonou (Benin), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and
Monrovia (Liberia).
The Early Warning Directorate is responsible for observing
and monitoring sub-regional peace and security indicators,
including humanitarian, political and other human security
issues within the framework of conflict prevention. The
Directorate works in partnership with representatives of
ECOWAS Members States and Civil Society Organizations like
WANEP, WACSOF and research Institutes. It also collaborates
with other RECs and the AU in the establishment of the
Continental Early Warning System (CEWS).
The Directorate activities include collecting open sourced
information, analyzing and submitting timely reports with
recommendation to the Office of the President through the
Office of the Commissioner, Political Affairs, Peace and
Security for action.
It does this through a network of 30 Field Monitors (and 15
alternates) in member states, whose primary responsibilities
are to gather on ground information, which is forwarded to
the Heads of the Zonal Bureau for quality control and
initial analysis, before transmission to the Observation and
Monitoring Centre, Abuja. The field data is further verified
and analyzed at the Observation and Monitoring Centre and
forwarded to the policy makers at the ECOWAS Commission.
Reports generated include:
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Daily Highlight
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Incident and Security Situation reports
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Weekly Situation Report
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Quarterly Security Situation
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Yearly Security Situation
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Early Warning Report
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Policy Briefs
Early Warning Tools and Databases
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