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THE ECOWAS CONFLICT PREVENTION FRAMEWORK: An Overview

ECOWAS. CEDEAO. THE ECOWAS CONFLICT PREVENTION FRAMEWORK: An Overview. WANSED-ECOWAS Consultative Meeting Enhancing Peace and Security: Challenges & Opportunities Abuja, 24-25 July 2008 Dr. Abdel-Fatau Musah Conflict Prevention Adviser, ECOWAS. C O N T E N T.

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THE ECOWAS CONFLICT PREVENTION FRAMEWORK: An Overview

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  1. ECOWAS CEDEAO THE ECOWAS CONFLICT PREVENTION FRAMEWORK: An Overview WANSED-ECOWAS Consultative Meeting Enhancing Peace and Security: Challenges & Opportunities Abuja, 24-25 July 2008 Dr. Abdel-Fatau Musah Conflict Prevention Adviser, ECOWAS

  2. C O N T E N T CONTEXT OF ECPF: THE WHEELS OF VIOLENCE TYPES OF COMPLEX EMERGENCIES ECOWAS VISION ECPF CONTRIBUTION TO VISION AIM & PURPOSE OF ECPF OUTPUTS COMPONENTS OF ECPF COMPONENT BREAKDOWN PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION ENABLING MECHANISMS NEXT STEPS

  3. Assassination THE WHEELS OF VIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TRIGGERS Price hike HR & RoL Political Gov Electoral fraud Production relations STRUCTURE Environment Unconstitutional Rule Environmental Degradation Social Gov Corporate Gov Hate media Demography Group Relations Exclusion ACCELERATORS INTERESTS Militarism • GEO-STRATEGIC LOCATION • The Gulf of Guinea • Sahel-Sahara Divide • Climate Change & Seismic Faultlines Terrorism SALW Marginalization

  4. Bad Governance: Consequences Complex Humanitarian Emergencies • Inter-State Conflicts • Civil Wars • Political/Social Crisis • ‘Local Conflicts’ • Environmental Crises • Natural Disasters

  5. E C O W A S V I S I O N TRANSFORM SUB-REGION: From “ECOWAS OF STATES” to “ECOWAS OF THE PEOPLES” CREATE: A peaceful, fully integrated, conflict-resilient, prosperous, democratic and rights-based West African Community of equal opportunities.

  6. S H A T U R R M C E A H N N I G T T S E H E C E C T N U U R R T I E H T E Y The creation of conditions to eliminate pervasive threats to people's and individual rights, livelihoods, safety and lives. The protection of human and democratic rights, as well as the promotion of human development initiatives as sine qua non for assuring freedom from fear and freedom from want. AIM

  7. P U R P O S E Create space within the ECOWAS system and in Member-States for interaction and cooperation within and with external partners around concrete initiatives in a manner that will trigger timely and targeted multi-actor and multi-dimensional action to diffuse or eliminate potential and real threats to human security in a predictable and institutional manner.

  8. C O M P O N N E N T S Early Warning Preventive Diplomacy Democracy and Political Governance Human Rights and the Rule of Law Media Natural Resource Governance Cross-Border Initiatives Security Governance Practical Disarmament Women, Peace and Security Youth Empowerment ECOWAS Standby Force Humanitarian Assistance Peace Education (Culture of Peace) • Early Warning • Preventive Diplomacy • Democracy and Political Governance • Human Rights and the Rule of Law • Media • Natural Resource Governance • Cross-Border Initiatives • Security Governance • Practical Disarmament • Women, Peace and Security • Youth Empowerment • ECOWAS Standby Force • Humanitarian Assistance • Peace Education (Culture of Peace) C O M P O N N E N T S C O M P O N N E N T S

  9. COMPONENT BREAKDOWN • Indicative activities : By Stakeholders • By the ECOWAS System • By Member States • By Civil Society • By Other Partners • Benchmarks/Yardsticks • Capacity Requirements

  10. Advocacy and Communication 2. Resource Mobilization 3. Cooperation 4. Plan of Action 5. Monitoring and Evaluation F A C I L I T A T O R S

  11. P R I N C I P L E S Core Value: Human Security Member States bear principal responsibility ECOWAS is the primary facilitator Priority-Driven Programming Subsidiarity and Complementarity Local ownership, Local Context, Sound Analysis Sustainability Transparency and Accountability Principles of COOPERATION

  12. ECOWAS Norm/Standard setting, capacity building planning, analysis, Space creation, monitoring, advocacy, resource mobilization Civil society/ Private sector Sensitisation, mobilisation, capacity building Pressure exertion, monitoring, advocacy Job creation, infrastructure Development Partners Norm setting, resources Space creation, advocacy, Capacity building Member States Primary responsibility for P&S Implementation infrastructure Space creation for CSO and Private sector

  13. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Norm & Standard setting Enforcement Facilitation Space creation Capacity-Building Resource mobilization Monitoring Domestication Advocacy Sensitization Resource mobilization Capacity building Implementation & Enforcement Advocacy Monitoring &Evaluation

  14. NEXT STEPS • Elaboration of Plan Of Action • Planning Meetings at the Zonal Level between ECOWAS structures in Member States and Civil Society Peace Constituencies (From Sept 2008) • Field Activities

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