Building the productive capacity of the region is very fundamental to the economic development of the region. The supply side capacity of firms cannot be overlooked in the region’s effort to promote inclusive trade and value addition for accelerated diversification.

The overall objective of building productive capacity is to accelerate the integration of our member states into global value and supply chains. To this end, ECOWAS has a number of initiatives such as the ECOWAS Private Sector Development

Framework and the Common Industrial Policy, Regional Agricultural Investment Policy and the West Africa Quality Standards

Standards - West African Quality System Program (WAQSP)

ECOWAS Regional Agri­cul­tural Policy (ECOWAP)

The West African Common Industrial Policy (WACIP)

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