Supply and delivery to ECOWAS member states of Record Keeping, Handling and Arms & Ammunition Destruction Equipment

28/05/2019
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29/07/2019
Activity description

The European Union, within the programme in Support to the ECOWAS Regional Peace, Security and Stability Mandate, supplied the fifteen West African states parties to the ECOWAS Community with handling, record keeping and Arms & ammunition destruction equipment between 28 May and 29 July 2019. The purpose of the project was to supply ECOWAS states with servers, computers, security camera systems, hand pallet trucks and hydraulic pressure shear machines organised in lots. 

Project description

The European Union, with the goal to operationalize the African Peace & Security Architecture (APSA), launched in 2013 a 72 months project to support to ECOWAS Regional Peace, Security and Stability Mandate (EU-ECOWAS PSS). The objective of the project  which provided training and capacity building activities to ECOWAS partner states  was to sustain the institutional capacity of the ECOWAS Commission, and to create effective Plans of Action of selected parts of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF).

Type of Activity
Technical material or financial assistance
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Destruction
Record-keeping
Regional instruments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Partners
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d’ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Implementers
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
Donors
European Union (EU)
Contact Details

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Address: Executive Secretariat, 6 King George V Rd, Lagos, Nigeria

Tel.: +234 1 63 68 41

http://www.ecowas.int