The ECOWAS Commission, through the Trade Directorate and the ECOWAS Gender Development Center (EGDC), has organized a retreat in Tema, Ghana from 15th to 17th August 2023, to finalize preparations for the sensitization and awareness raising campaign for small-scale cross-border women traders and to engage relevant stakeholders at the national…
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Trade Facilitation West Africa Program - Program Manager
Trade Facilitation West Africa Program - Program Manager
Location : Burkina Faso
Type of contract : Short-term consultancy (STC) contract
The World Bank Group (WBG) received funding from the EU, the Government of the Netherlands, and USAID to design and implement a new regional trade facilitation program in West Africa. The initiative, called ‘’Trade Facilitation West Africa (TFWA) Program’’, aims to facilitate the movement of goods and vehicles along six priority corridors : Abidjan-Ouagadougou, Tema-Ouagadougou, Cotonou–Niamey, Dakar-Bamako, Lome–Ouagadougou, and Lagos–Kano-Niamey. TWFA activities are being implemented across three components : 1) support to regional trade facilitation measures, in coordination with ECOWAS and UEMOA ; 2) support towards improvement of selected corridors, primarily from a logistics & transport standpoint ; and 3) support to small-scale cross-border traders, especially w