ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE WEST AFRICAN STATES DES ETATS DE L’AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST ECOWAS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 2011 TOWARDS ENSUIRING FOOD SECURITY IN WEST AFRICA ECOWAS Commission Abuja, February 2012 TABLE of CONTENTS ABREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................... 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................................................... 7 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ECOWAS COMMISSION ......................................................................... 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER I: RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN WEST AFRICA, ..................................................................... 22 1.1 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................... 22 1.2 THE GROWTH OF THE AFRICAN ECONOMY ............................................................................................................... 23 1.3 THE WEST AFRICAN ECONOMY .............................................................................................................................. 23 1.4 REVIEW OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND REFORMS IN ECOWAS MEMBER COUNTRIES ................................................ 24 CHAPTER II: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAMME........................................................ 31 2.1 HARMONIZATION OF MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR PROMOTION . ..................................................... 31 2.1.1 Multilateral Surveillance ......................................................................................................................... 31 2.1.2 Private Sector Promotion ........................................................................................................................ 32 2.1.3 Research and Statistics ........................................................................................................................... 33 2.1.4 Community Development Programme (CDP) ......................................................................................... 33 2.1.5 Economic Policy Analysis Unit ................................................................................................................. 34 2.2. TRACE, CUSTOMS, INDUSTRY, MINES, FREE MOVEMENT AND TOURISM ........................................................................ 35 2.2.1 Trade ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 2.2.2 Customs .................................................................................................................................................. 36 2.2.3 Industry and Mines ................................................................................................................................. 37 2.2.4 Free Movement of Persons ..................................................................................................................... 38 2.3 AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES .............................................................................................. 38 2.3.1 Agricultural Development ....................................................................................................................... 38 2.3.2 Environment ............................................................................................................................................ 38 2.4 INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................... 40 2.4.1 Transport, Communication and ICT, ....................................................................................................... 40 2.4.2 Energy ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 2.5. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 43 2.5.1 Social and Humanitarian Affairs ............................................................................................................. 43 2.5.2 Gender, Child Development, Youth/Sports, Civil Society, Employment and Drug Control ...................... 43 2.5.3 ECOWAS Gender Development Centre ................................................................................................... 44 2.5.4 ECOWAS Youth and Sports Development Centre .................................................................................... 44 2.5.5 Malaria Elimination Programme ............................................................................................................ 45 2.5.6 Education, Culture, Science et Technologie ........................................................................................ 45 2.6. POLITICAL AFFAIRS, REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY ................................................................................................... 47 2.6.1 Political Affairs ........................................................................................................................................ 47 2.6.2 Early Warning ......................................................................................................................................... 48 2.6.3 Peacekeeping and Regional Security ...................................................................................................... 48 2.7. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYS (ICT) ........................................................................................ 49 2.8 LEGAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS . .................................................................................................... 50 2.8.1 Legal Affairs ............................................................................................................................................ 50 2.8.2 Strategic Planning ................................................................................................................................... 51 2.8.3 Monitoring and Evaluation System ......................................................................................................... 51 2.8.4 Community Levy ...................................................................................................................................... 52 CHAPTER III: TOWARDS ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN WEST AFRICA.................................................................. 54 3.1 ECOWAS AND THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR .............................................................................................................. 55 3.2 ECOWAP/ CAADP: DESCRIPTION AND STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................... 56 3.2.1 The Genesis and the Main Guidelines of the ECOWAP/CAADP framework ............................................ 56 3.2.2 THE BASIS OF THE ECOWAP/CAADP FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................ 57 3.2.3 THE MAIN ACTORS OF THE ECOWAP/CAADP FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................... 58 3.2.4 ECOWAP/CAADP: Policy Instruments and Programs .............................................................................. 58 2 3.2.4.1 Sovereign Instruments of Agricultural Policy ....................................................................................... 59 CHAPTER IV : ACTIVITIES OF OTHER COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS ........................................................................ 63 4.1 THE ECOWAS PARLIAMENT ................................................................................................................................. 63 4.2 COMMUNITY COURT OF JUSTICE ............................................................................................................................ 64 4.3 WEST AFRICA HEALTH ORGANISATION (WAHO) ...................................................................................................... 65 4.5 INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING IN WEST AFRICA (GIABA) ................................................ 67 4.5 ECOWAS BANK FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (EBID) .................................................................................... 69 - OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................................................. 69 - Project appraisal ....................................................................................................................................... 69 - Loan approvals ......................................................................................................................................... 69 - Loan agreement signed ............................................................................................................................ 70 o Breakdown of commitments .................................................................................................................... 70 -RESOURCES MOBILIZATION ...............................................................................................................................