
Training of members of the National Approval Committee (NAC) of NIGERIA 23 – 27 November 2020
As part of the effort to strengthen the capacity of the National Approval committee from Member states on the seamless implementation of the ECOWAS

Training of members of the National Approval Committee (NAC) of Benin, Niger and Togo 9 – 13 November 2020
The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with Trade Facilitation West Africa II program through GIZ will be organising a Virtual Training for Members of the

Virtual information workshop for the private sector of English-speaking Member States on the use of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization scheme (ETLS) website 28th – 30th October 2020
The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the Trade Facilitation West African Program implemented by GIZ, will be organising a one-day sensitisation workshop with the

Virtual Training Workshop of the Members of National Approvals Committees (NACs) of the member states on the use of the website and the portal of the ECOWAS trade liberalisation scheme (etls), 26th – 27th october 2020,
One of the key challenges to the smooth operationalisation of the ETLS Scheme is the Transmission of real-time information between the various National Approval

Virtual training for National Approval Committee (NAC) Members of Guinee on the ETLS, 12th – 14th October 2020.
In fulfilment of Article 3(§ 2d-e) of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty, the ECOWAS Commission through the Directorate of Customs Union and taxation in collaboration with

Virtual Training for members of the National Approval Committee (NAC) of Burkina Faso on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), 15– 19 October 2020
The National Approval Committee from each ECOWAS Member states helps to ensure the Conformity of Enterprise and products to the ECOWAS Rules of Origin

Virtual Training for members of the National Approval Committee (NAC) of Guinea on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), 12 – 14 October 2020,
The National Approval Committee from each ECOWAS Member states helps to ensure the Conformity of Enterprise and products to the ECOWAS Rules of Origin

Organization of virtual training and sensitization of Member States on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS), October – November 2020.
The ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) is the tool that aims at the operationalization of the Free Trade Area (FTA) through the elimination of customs

Meeting on obstacle on free movement of goods under ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS), 11-12 November 2019
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) aims to promote cooperation and integration, with a view to creating an Economic and Monetary Union that

Regional meeting on capacity building of small scale women cross border traders on ECOWAS Customs procedure 29 – 30 October 2019 Abuja, NIGERIA
Gender equality has always existed in ECOWAS programs, and this principle is enshrined in Article 63 of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty on “Women and Development”.

Working session in Ghana, on the dematerialization of the ECOWAS certificate of origin
on July 18, 2019, a delegation of the ECOWAS Commission went to Accra to have a working session with the services in charge of the

Sensitization workshop in Cape Verde for the Private Sector and Custom Authority from 4 – 6 June 2019 at Praia, Cape Verde.
The ECOWAS Commission, through the GIZ supported Trade Facilitation West Africa Programme, conducted training and sensitization workshops on the 4 – 6 of June 2019

1st series of workshops on Training of trainers on the ETLS mechanism.
The workshop was held in Abuja and was aimed at training NAC members from Cape Verde, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, on the entire

Mid Year Meeting of National Approvals Committees on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme.
The mid-year National Approvals Committee meeting was held in Cotonou, with several objectives. These ranged from reviewing drafts of some harmonized documents on both ECOWAS

High-Level Experts Meeting on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme Gap Analysis
Based on the Gap Analysis previously carried out by USAID West Africa Trade Hub on the implementation of the ETLS, the experts meeting was aimed

ECOWAS-UEMOA Consultative Meeting on the two regional Liberalization Programmes (ETLS of ECOWAS and Community Preferential Tariff of UEMOA)
The Consultative meeting was held in Lome, Togo to review the difficulties and obstacles associated with the implementation of the two trade liberalization programmes, and

2nd Annual ETLS National Approvals’ Committee Meeting.
The 2nd ETLS National Approvals’ Committee meeting was held in the Republic of Benin. The aim of the meeting was for participants to suggest measures

Approval Procedures
The procedures for approval consist of two processes: the Enterprise procedures and the National Approvals Committee ...