A joint workshop of ECOWAS, COMESA and EAC to find out new actions for the renewal of the “50 million African ladies on the bottom (50MAWSP)” platform | www.l-integration.com – INTEGRATION

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Ph:DR: replace on the “50 million African ladies on the ground (50MAWSP)” platform.

The three-day workshop held from Could 15 to 17, 2024 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast was organized by the ECOWAS Middle for Gender Growth (CCDG). It introduced collectively consultants from ECOWAS, COMESA (Frequent Marketplace for Japanese and Southern Africa), EAC (East African Neighborhood), ladies customers of the 50MAWSP platform and companions such because the Spanish Cooperation, the Growth Financial institution Africa (AfDB), USAID West Africa and the UN Girls’s Workplace for West and Central Africa.

The workshop targeted on the brand new options proposed to revamp the 50MAWSP platform, similar to bettering the person interface and person expertise, bettering content material and selling the excessive – platform, bettering the networking capabilities of the platform and bettering the analytical capabilities of the platform. The work of this workshop additionally targeted on analyzing and figuring out the phrases of reference for hiring an organization accountable for evaluating the primary part of the 50MAWSP digital community platform mission and figuring out paths that might make the platform autonomous and capable of self-regulate. funding in the course of the second part of the mission.

On the finish of the three day workshop, the three RECs concerned within the 50MAWSP mission signed the Declaration of Outcomes / End result Doc of the workshop which summarizes the factors of settlement between the RECs for the following measures for the implementation of the mission.

As a reminder, the digital platform 50MAWSP, which was launched in November 2019 and covers the gathering of knowledge in 38 African nations, is devoted to supporting the financial empowerment of ladies entrepreneurs in Africa. The primary goal is to fulfill the monetary and non-financial info wants, to facilitate the expansion and success of ladies in commerce.

The work ended with satisfaction from the individuals. The consultant of USAID, the American improvement support company, was current on the closing ceremony of this assembly, who recalled that his establishment is at all times able to assist the event of ladies all through Africa.

The work of this workshop was formally launched by the Director of the Cupboard of the Minister of Delegation for Regional Integration and Ivorians Overseas, within the presence of the Director of the CCDG who delivered the speech of Professor Fatou SOW SARR, ECOWAS Commissioner for Growth Human and Social Points. This opening occasion was additionally marked by the intervention of the Consultant of the Resident Consultant of ECOWAS in Cote d’Ivoire, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Cote d’Ivoire, the Consultant of the ADB, the Gender Administrators of COMESA and the Chief of Employees of the Minister who’s in control of Social Affairs, Girls and Youngsters in Côte d’Ivoire.

Additionally talking at this ceremony was the Consultant of UN-WOMEN, the Chief Gender Program Officer of the EAC, the Director of Gender and Social Affairs of COMESA, the Consultant of the Resident Consultant of ECOWAS in Ivory Coast, earlier than the workshop closed. by ECOWAS Middle for Growth Miss Sandra OULATE FATTOH, on behalf of Commissioner Fatou SOW SARR. (ECOWAS)