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THE ECOWAS CONFLICT THE ECOWAS CONFLICT PREVENTION FRAMEWORK: PREVENTION FRAMEWORK:

An OverviewAn OverviewWANSED-ECOWAS Consultative MeetingWANSED-ECOWAS Consultative Meeting

Enhancing Peace and Security: Enhancing Peace and Security: Challenges & OpportunitiesChallenges & Opportunities

Abuja, Abuja, 24-25 July 200824-25 July 2008

Dr. Abdel-Fatau MusahDr. Abdel-Fatau MusahConflict Prevention Adviser, ECOWASConflict Prevention Adviser, ECOWAS

CEDEAO ECOWAS

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CONTEXT OF ECPF: THE WHEELS CONTEXT OF ECPF: THE WHEELS OF VIOLENCEOF VIOLENCE

TYPES OF COMPLEX TYPES OF COMPLEX EMERGENCIESEMERGENCIES

ECOWAS VISIONECOWAS VISION

ECPF CONTRIBUTION TO VISIONECPF CONTRIBUTION TO VISION

AIM & PURPOSE OF ECPFAIM & PURPOSE OF ECPF

OUTPUTSOUTPUTS

COMPONENTS OF ECPFCOMPONENTS OF ECPF

COMPONENT BREAKDOWNCOMPONENT BREAKDOWN

PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATIONPRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION

ENABLING MECHANISMSENABLING MECHANISMS

NEXT STEPSNEXT STEPS

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THE WHEELS OF THE WHEELS OF VIOLENCE VIOLENCE

YouthYouthcrisiscrisis

Land/WaterLand/WaterChieftaincyChieftaincy

disputesdisputes

Rel/EthnicRel/EthnicHatredHatred

CorruptionCorruption

EconomicGovPolitical

Gov

Assassination

Price hike

Environment

Social Gov

Hate media

MarginalizationMarginalizationSALWSALW

Unconstitutional Rule Environmental DegradationCorporate

Gov

STRUCTURE

ACCELERATORS

TRIGGERS

Demography

HR & RoL

Production relations

Group Relations

Electoral fraud

MilitarismMilitarism

TerrorismTerrorism

ExclusionExclusion

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

INTERESTS

GEO-STRATEGIC LOCATION The Gulf of Guinea Sahel-Sahara Divide Climate Change & Seismic

Faultlines

Bad Governance: Bad Governance: ConsequencesConsequences

ComplexComplex

Humanitarian Humanitarian

EmergenciesEmergencies

Inter-State ConflictsInter-State Conflicts Civil WarsCivil Wars Political/Social CrisisPolitical/Social Crisis ‘‘Local Conflicts’Local Conflicts’

Environmental Environmental CrisesCrises

Natural DisastersNatural Disasters

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TRANSFORM SUB-REGION: TRANSFORM SUB-REGION:

From “ECOWAS OF STATES” to From “ECOWAS OF STATES” to “ECOWAS OF THE PEOPLES”“ECOWAS OF THE PEOPLES”

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A peaceful, fully A peaceful, fully integrated, conflict-integrated, conflict-resilient, prosperous, resilient, prosperous, democratic and rights-democratic and rights-based West African based West African Community of equal Community of equal opportunities.opportunities.

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The creation of The creation of conditions to eliminate conditions to eliminate pervasive threats to pervasive threats to people's and individual people's and individual rights, livelihoods, rights, livelihoods, safety and lives. The safety and lives. The protection of human protection of human and democratic rights, and democratic rights, as well as the promotion as well as the promotion of human development of human development initiatives as initiatives as sine qua sine qua nonnon for assuring for assuring freedom from fear and freedom from fear and freedom from want.freedom from want.

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Create Create spacespace within the within the ECOWAS systemECOWAS system and in and in Member-StatesMember-States for for interaction and cooperation interaction and cooperation within and with external within and with external partners around concrete partners around concrete initiatives in a manner that initiatives in a manner that will trigger timely and will trigger timely and targeted multi-actor and targeted multi-actor and multi-dimensional action to multi-dimensional action to diffuse or eliminate potential diffuse or eliminate potential and real threats to human and real threats to human security in a predictable and security in a predictable and institutional manner.institutional manner.

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1.1. Early WarningEarly Warning2.2. Preventive DiplomacyPreventive Diplomacy3.3. Democracy and Political GovernanceDemocracy and Political Governance4.4. Human Rights and the Rule of LawHuman Rights and the Rule of Law5.5. MediaMedia6.6. Natural Resource GovernanceNatural Resource Governance7.7. Cross-Border InitiativesCross-Border Initiatives8.8. Security GovernanceSecurity Governance9.9. Practical DisarmamentPractical Disarmament10.10.Women, Peace and SecurityWomen, Peace and Security11.11.Youth EmpowermentYouth Empowerment12.12.ECOWAS Standby ForceECOWAS Standby Force13.13.Humanitarian AssistanceHumanitarian Assistance14.14.Peace Education (Culture of Peace)Peace Education (Culture of Peace)

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1.1. Early WarningEarly Warning2.2. Preventive DiplomacyPreventive Diplomacy3.3. Democracy and Political GovernanceDemocracy and Political Governance4.4. Human Rights and the Rule of LawHuman Rights and the Rule of Law5.5. MediaMedia6.6. Natural Resource GovernanceNatural Resource Governance7.7. Cross-Border InitiativesCross-Border Initiatives8.8. Security GovernanceSecurity Governance9.9. Practical DisarmamentPractical Disarmament10.10.Women, Peace and SecurityWomen, Peace and Security11.11.Youth EmpowermentYouth Empowerment12.12.ECOWAS Standby ForceECOWAS Standby Force13.13.Humanitarian AssistanceHumanitarian Assistance14.14.Peace Education (Culture of Peace)Peace Education (Culture of Peace)

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COMPONENT BREAKDOWN

Indicative activities : By Stakeholders

- By the ECOWAS System- By Member States- By Civil Society- By Other Partners Benchmarks/Yardsticks Capacity Requirements

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1.1. Advocacy and Advocacy and CommunicationCommunication

2. Resource Mobilization2. Resource Mobilization

3. Cooperation3. Cooperation

4. Plan of Action4. Plan of Action

5. Monitoring and Evaluation5. Monitoring and Evaluation

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Principles of Principles of COOPERATIONCOOPERATION

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Core Value: Human SecurityCore Value: Human Security Member States bear principal Member States bear principal

responsibilityresponsibility ECOWAS is the primary facilitatorECOWAS is the primary facilitator Priority-Driven ProgrammingPriority-Driven Programming Subsidiarity and ComplementaritySubsidiarity and Complementarity Local ownership, Local Context, Local ownership, Local Context,

Sound AnalysisSound Analysis SustainabilitySustainability Transparency and AccountabilityTransparency and Accountability

ECOWAS

Norm/Standard setting, capacity buildingplanning, analysis, Space creation,

monitoring, advocacy,resource mobilization

Member States

Primary responsibility for P&SImplementationinfrastructure

Space creation for CSO and Private sector

Civil society/Private sectorSensitisation, mobilisation, capacity buildingPressure exertion, monitoring, advocacyJob creation, infrastructure

Development Partners

Norm setting, resourcesSpace creation, advocacy,

Capacity building

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ROLES & ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIESRESPONSIBILITIES

Norm & Standard settingEnforcementFacilitationSpace creation Capacity-BuildingResource mobilizationMonitoring

Domestication Advocacy Sensitization Resource mobilization Capacity building Implementation & Enforcement Advocacy Monitoring &Evaluation

NEXT STEPSElaboration 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