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Gambia News : ECOWAS, UNHCR capacity building workshop

May 01,2008 by

gambia Dr. Abdou Gueye, ECOWAS Early Warming System Manager, has said in the last few years, conflict prevention has become the corner-stone for sustainable peace building in West Africa.

Gueye made the statement at the opening of ECOWAS-UNHCR capacity building early warming and response workshop here Tuesday, recalling the process of operation of the ECOWAS Early Warning System is in accordance with chapter IV of the protocol relating to the mechanism for conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace building and security.

He noted the ECOWAS Early Warning System was the first pillar of overall conflict prevention and heads of states and governments of the sub-region gave ECOWAS the mandate to make the system fully functional.

According to him, the first step in the process was to build a partnership with civil society in the sub-region and the West Africa Network for Peace Building (WANEP) was designated as implementing partner-organisation for the operation of the system.

He said further WANEP has thereby entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ECOWAS to formalise the relationship, noting that a key outcome of the early phase was the development of a bulk of indicators after a series of consultations between civil societies, ECOWAS and member states.

According to him, the second step was to seek for funding partners and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), European Union (EU), African Development Bank (ADB), and African Union (AU) all supported the process in various ways.

"We succeeded in building a data base of ninety four indicators for peace, conflict and human security challenges in our sub-region.

"As we moved the operationalisation forward, we recognised the need to have enough people on ground in addition to the zonal bureau heads.

"We have thus integrated 30 Focal Points (FPs) in the system, two in each members state and one from civil society and the other from government," he stated.

Gueye also said the workshop with UNHCR was to deepen the partnership base and increase effectiveness and efficiency of the Early Warning System, noting that the workshop was a true transformation of their vision of an integrated early warning system where all major actors and stakeholders are involved.

"This integrated vision is critical to an effective system and we recognised the need to involve the specialised agencies, particularly the United Nations System, particularly UNHCR as regards issues related to refugees and internally displaced person (IDPs).

"Indeed, an early warning system can only be maximally exploited if data and reports are shared and response collectively mobilized to ensure human security", he charged.

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