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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”
CREATE:CREATE:
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