UNCTAD and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are organising the third Regional Meeting on the development of an ECOWAS E-commerce Strategy bringing together representatives of the ECOWAS Commission and two national focal points from each ECOWAS member states, representing the Trade and ICT Ministries. 

The main objective of the meeting is to kick off the strategy formulation process. ECOWAS Members States will discuss and adopt orientations for the ECOWAS E-Commerce Strategy. The meeting will also be an opportunity to present the next steps in the strategy formulation process, including the proposed structure for the strategy document.

The Regional E-commerce Strategy Development project in ECOWAS is supported by the government of the Netherlands as part of the UNCTAD’s eT Ready Implementation Support Mechanism (ISM).