Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO)
Comunidad Economica de los Estados de Africa Occidental
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1975-05-28 Lagos Nigeria
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Promote cooperation and integration among member States leading to the establishment of an economic union in West Africa in order to to raise the living standard of its peoples and maintain and enhance the economic stability, foster relations among member States and contribute to the progress and development of the African continent.
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Observer status with: E-XE3377 - ECOSOC; F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); F-XF2266 - International Monetary Fund (IMF); E-XE0791 - Union of African Shippers' Councils (UASC); A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN); B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO). Member of: E-XM3547 - Africa Partnership Forum (APF); E-XJ8799 - Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP). Formal agreement with: F-XJ1185 - Euclid University (EUCLID); B-XB3383 - UNESCO. Regional Economic Community of: D-XD8572 - African Union (AU).
Cooperates with:
- F-XF0018 - African Development Bank (ADB);
- E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC);
- D-XD0453 - Entente Council;
- B-XB0971 - FAO;
- D-XD4487 - Conférence interafricaine des marchés d'assurances (CIMA);
- E-XE2404 - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA);
- B-XB2622 - International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- D-XD4526 - Niger Basin Authority (NBA);
- D-XD7796 - Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires (OHADA);
- E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF);
- E-XE4161 - UNEP;
- E-XE3381 - UNCTAD;
- E-XE3016 - UNHCR;
- B-XB3556 - World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Supports: F-XM1735 - Volta Basin Authority (VBA). Accredited to the Conference of the Parties of: E-XE3486 - Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Secretariat of the UNCCD). Instrumental in setting up: F-XF2245 - African Economic Community (AEC); U-XK0507 - ECOWAS Computer Centre; U-XK0278 - Regional Information Centre and Database on Renewable Energy, Dakar; F-XJ0413 - West African Central Bank (WACB); U-XK0552 - West African Peace-Keeping Forces of ECOWAS (ECOMOG).
Links with:
- D-XD0017 - African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC);
- H-XD4014 - African Cultural Institute (ACI);
- F-XF0121 - African Development Bank Group (ADB Group);
- D-XD0012 - African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES);
- E-XE8763 - African Regional Centre of Technology (ARCT);
- E-XE3028 - African Union Scientific Technical Research Commission (AU STRC);
- F-XD0055 - Andean Community;
- D-XD0165 - ASEAN;
- F-XF4541 - Banque centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO);
- F-XF4540 - Banque ouest africaine de développement (BOAD);
- E-XE0028 - Centre Muraz;
- H-XF0237 - Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale (CTA);
- D-XD4566 - Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS);
- F-XF3162 - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
- C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat;
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- U-XJ2667 - Convention sur le transit routier inter-Etats (TRIE);
- H-XD6347 - Coordinating Committee of the Lagos-Tangier Axis;
- E-XE5960 - ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA);
- E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC);
- F-XF4360 - European Development Fund (EDF);
- E-XE9778 - Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF);
- U-XJ2669 - Inter-States road transport convention;
- B-XB1505 - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO);
- F-XE2379 - International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC);
- F-XF4542 - Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
- D-XD0445 - Mano River Union (MRU);
- F-XF1523 - Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA);
- U-XF4252 - Mutual Aid and Loan Guaranty Fund of the Entente Council (EC-Fund);
- E-XD3036 - Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS);
- U-XF4723 - Pan African Development Information System (PADIS);
- H-XF5912 - Pan African Telecommunications Network (PANAFTEL);
- E-XD3960 - Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA);
- F-XF3380 - UNICEF;
- B-XE3386 - UNIDO;
- F-XF3713 - Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (UEMOA);
- E-XE4174 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA);
- E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat);
- E-XM6677 - United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA);
- E-XE0621 - United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC);
- B-XB0462 - World Customs Organization (WCO).
Links indicated by:
- E-XK0544 - Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP);
- E-XE9583 - African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC);
- E-XE6038 - African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO);
- D-XD6386 - African Telecommunications Union (ATU);
- F-XF9551 - Common Fund for Commodities (CFC);
- D-XF6094 - D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8)
- D-XG9790 - Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA);
- E-XE2744 - Energy Charter Conference;
- F-XD0621 - European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC);
- F-XF8389 - Fonds de solidarité africain (FSA);
- E-XE4425 - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF);
- E-XE6031 - Institut du Sahel (INSAH);
- E-XE3867 - Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR);
- C-XC1506 - International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO);
- B-XE2295 - World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH);
- F-XF2197 - Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM);
- E-XE1355 - Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC);
- E-XE3628 - United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning;
- D-XD8994 - West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA);
- F-XF6262 - West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: E-XB0160 - Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP). Parliament is observer member of: C-XC4331 - Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF). Supports: E-XE3642 - Institut Africain pour le Développement Economique et Social - Centre Africain de Formation (INADES-Formation). Cooperates with: E-XE3975 - International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC). Instrumental in setting up: E-XJ1602 - Conference of Directors of the West African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (AFRIMET); D-XJ0270 - West African Road Safety Organisation (WARSO); E-XE5982 - West African Women's Association (WAWA). Has proposed set up of: U-XE0976 - West African Association of Universities and Research Institutions. Links with:
- U-XF0359 - Africa Club;
- F-XF1629 - Africa Leadership Forum (ALF);
- E-XE2330 - Africa Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS);
- D-XD4373 - African Airlines Association (AFRAA);
- D-XD6104 - Association of Power Utilities in Africa (APUA);
- B-XB2321 - Consumers International (CI);
- D-XD7407 - Federation of African National Insurance Companies;
- H-XD1963 - Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce (FWACC);
- D-XD2326 - Federation of West African Manufacturers Associations (FEWAMA);
- E-XF3346 - International Delphic Council (IDC);
- B-XB2468 - International Social Security Association (ISSA);
- D-XD0140 - Organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU);
- E-XD3046 - Pan African Institute for Development (PAID);
- U-XF4668 - Réseau africain non-gouvernemental d'alerte préventive de conflits (RANGAPC);
- F-XF6027 - Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC);
- U-XF1043 - Small Ruminants Research Network (SRNET);
- D-XD3739 - West Africa Road Transport Union (WARTU);
- D-XD2809 - West African Archeological Association (WAAA);
- H-XD5590 - West African Bankers' Association (WABA);
- D-XD5992 - West African College of Physicians (WACP);
- F-XK1052 - West African Museums Programme (WAMP);
- U-XF6089 - West African Postgraduate Medical College (WAPMC);
- H-XD2851 - West and Central African Association of Soil Science (WCAASS).
Links indicated by:
- F-XJ2722 - ACP Civil Society Forum (ACP CSF);
- F-XJ2722 - ACP Civil Society Forum (ACP CSF);
- E-XJ6258 - African Leadership Centre (ALC);
- D-XD0419 - All-Africa Students Union (AASU);
- E-XE3647 - Centre international de recherche-développement sur l'élevage en zone subhumide (CIRDES);
- F-XM1997 - ECOWAS Network on Debt and Development (ECONDAD);
- H-XM2550 - European Bitumen Shingle Organization (EBSO);
- D-XJ1657 - Fédération des Organisations Patronales de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (FOPAO);
- F-XJ2837 - Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF);
- F-XJ3541 - Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC);
- F-XF1978 - International Alert;
- A-XA1771 - International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW);
- E-XE4109 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA);
- E-XG9252 - International Law Institute - African Centre for Legal Excellence (ILI - ACLE);
- D-XJ8943 - Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA);
- D-XM3475 - Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA);
- F-XM0387 - West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF);
- D-XM2240 - West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Association (WATRA);
- D-XJ8157 - West African Association for the Development of Artisanal Fisheries (WADAF);
- D-XM8111 - West African Bar Association (WABA);
- F-XM2768 - West African Network on Security and Democratic Governance (WANSED).
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- Nation State → Nation State
- Nation State → Intergovernmental Communities
- Economics → Economic
- Development → Development
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XD3462
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