ECOWAS AND ITS GERMAN PARTNERS REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING REGIONAL STABILISATION AND DEVELOPMENT

ECOWAS AND ITS GERMAN PARTNERS REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING REGIONAL STABILISATION AND DEVELOPMENT

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), together with its financial partner, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and its technical partner, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), held the 11th Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Fund for Regional Stabilisation and Development (FRSD) on the 5th of November, 2026 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Co-chaired by H.E. Oluwatosin Anthony OGUNJIMI, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, and Ms. Stella PFUNDT, Head of the West Africa Division at BMZ, the meeting provided an important platform to review implementation progress and discuss the strategic priorities shaping the Fund’s future.

Key discussions focused on ongoing interventions in Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Togo; the future implementation structure of the Financial Cooperation Window; the proposed extension of Phase 2 of the Technical Cooperation Window; resource mobilisation and the organisation of an FRSD Donors’ Round Table.