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Virtual Training for members of the National Approval Committee (NAC) of Guinea on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), 12 – 14 October 2020,

October 12, 2020 Ebiere PHILIPS

The National Approval Committee from each ECOWAS Member states helps to ensure the Conformity of Enterprise and products to the ECOWAS Rules of Origin through the technical screening via the approval procedure. However, in practice this procedure proves cumbersome

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Organization of virtual training and sensitization of Member States on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS), October – November 2020.

October 3, 2020 Ebiere PHILIPS

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 duties and taxes with equivalent effect on the importation of products recognized as originating in

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Meeting on obstacle on free movement of goods under ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS), 11-12 November 2019

November 12, 2019 Ebiere PHILIPS

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 promotes economic growth and development in West Africa. In order to achieve this objective, Article

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Regional meeting on capacity building of small scale women cross border traders on ECOWAS Customs procedure 29 – 30 October 2019 Abuja, NIGERIA

November 6, 2019 Ebiere PHILIPS

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”. In addition, an agency has been created in this direction, the Gender Center, based in

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Working session in Ghana, on the dematerialization of the ECOWAS certificate of origin

August 1, 2019 Ebiere PHILIPS

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 question of the certification of products of Community origin and more specifically the question of

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Sensitization workshop in Cape Verde for the Private Sector and Custom Authority from 4 – 6 June 2019 at Praia, Cape Verde.

June 11, 2019 Ebiere PHILIPS

The ECOWAS Commission, through the GIZ supported Trade Facilitation West Africa Programme, conducted training and sensitization workshops on the 4 – 6 of June 2019 at Viepraia Hotel, Praia, Cape Verde. The major objective of the workshop was to create

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