The Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affare organized a Hybrid session to review the implementation status of the ECOWAS Protection and Human Security Integrated Coordination Mechanism (Ecofism) with the National Centre for Coordination of the Gambia and Liberia Response Mechanism (NCCRM) from March 25-26-25, 2025.
The activity aims to support the protection of Gambia and Liberia and to respond to alleviating weaknesses in human safety situations. The meeting included directors and staff attending the NCCRM in Gambia and Liberia, national stakeholders organizations of ecofism, Ecowas National Office in Gambia and Liberia, representatives of Ecowas residents in the country, and staff of the Ecowas Committee.
The opening statements of both conferences were made by Dr. Sintiki Tarfa Ugbe, Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs. In her remarks, she appreciated the advances made by the Gambia and Liberia in operating their early warning centres. Amb, representative of ECOWAS residents in the Gambia. Miatta French praised the ECOWAS Committee for the Gambian initiative, and subsequently encouraged participants to be Sustean’s commitment to measures identified by mechanisms to effectively address the effects of protection against the most severely affected components of the national population and the decline in human safety. Anbent, representative of Liberia’s Ecowas resident. Josephine Nkulma, who was highly represented by his political advisor, Dr. Nathaniel Walker, reiterated the firm’s commitment to ensuring that NCCRM Liberia would fulfill its mission, including providing effective leadership in ecofism.
Directors, NCCRM, Gambia, Madame Binta Sinhate and NCCRM, Liberia, Arthur Bestman, praised the ECOWAS Committee for the organisation of the conference in their separate remarks, praised the conference for focusing on child abuse, youth abuse, adolescent abuse, adolescent abuse, serious risks of adolescent abuse, patients with SGBV, adolescent abuse, and adolescent abuse. Through the national international humanitarian law (IHL) lens, conflicts affect people’s light forms. Especially.
The two-day meeting held with countries was to follow up on the implementation of the national roadmap adopted for operationalizing ecofism in the country. Similarly, you can receive feedback on the use of the US$25,000 ECOWAS grant in each country. Both countries reported significant advances in the use of funds, including completion of equipment purchases, hiring national consultants to compile protection and human security risk index/reports, advanced planning of a national verification conference on reports, and further implementation of national roadmap and action plans.
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Additional highlights of the two sessions include further investigation of the concepts of protection and human security, as well as its practical application in both contexts (fixed to their respective national roadmap and action plans), as well as strengthening collaboration with the national level within state agencies and civil society and the private sector, among others. Discussions on the optimal use of national resources to support early action in response to identified threats and impending risks.
In conclusion, participants noted that the session is important in enhancing weak protection in ECOWAS regions and local response to human safety situations. Stakeholders have renewed their commitment to improving the human safety situation in the country, thereby ensuring protection for the most vulnerable people in society.
