As part of its ongoing commitment to capacity building, experience sharing and knowledge dissemination, ECOWAS has established a regional e-learning platform designed to promote and disseminate the outcomes of ECOWAP projects and programmes.

To this end, through the Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development (DADR) and the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA), it organises a regional workshop from 18 to 22 May 2026 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. A regional workshop dedicated to the technical validation of training modules, application testing and the pre-launch of the regional e-learning platform dedicated to the ECOWAS Regional Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP).

This regional meeting brought together technical experts from ECOWAS, IT development specialists and resource persons involved in the design of educational content tailored for e-learning.

Over the course of five days, participants carried out a technical and pedagogical review of the training modules developed as part of the e-learning platform. The work involved testing the integration of content, assessing its pedagogical and technical compliance, and formulating recommendations to ensure the quality, consistency and operational readiness of the system prior to its official launch.

This regional e-learning platform aims to strengthen the technical capacities of stakeholders in the agro-sylvo-pastoral and fisheries sectors and to capitalise on the experiences and achievements of ECOWAP projects and programmes. It is also intended to be a modern tool for disseminating best practices and promoting the results of ECOWAS regional interventions.

According to the ARAA, “we are taking a decisive step: that of large-scale validation of the modules developed and verification of their integration with the platform. This exercise is essential to ensure the quality, consistency and operational readiness of the system prior to its launch.” »

The representative of the DADR, for his part, reaffirmed ECOWAS’s commitment to promoting innovative solutions to sustainably strengthen the capacities of regional stakeholders and improve the visibility of ECOWAP’s results. He also expressed the Commission’s gratitude to the technical and financial partners, notably GIZ and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), for their support in implementing this initiative.

Through this e-learning platform, ECOWAS confirms its commitment to modernising knowledge dissemination and learning mechanisms and to strengthening the capitalisation of lessons learnt in support of agricultural development, food and nutrition security, and the resilience of West African populations.