- All the National Platforms coordinators of the 15 ECOWAS countries constitute the People’s Forum of WACSOF.
- To avoid any form of conflict of interest, the function of member of a WACSOF body is incompatible with that of member of another body of WACSOF.
- The bodies of WACSOF are:
- The General Assembly (People’s Forum)
- Board of directors
- The Executive Direction
- National Platforms
- Thematic groups
- In order to guarantee the proper functioning of the Organization, WACSOF will equip itself with:
- Manual of Administrative, Financial and Accounting Procedures;
- Organization chart updated;
- Strategic plan
- Management Control, Audit & Quality Committee;
- A code of conduct and ethics
- An anti-fraud policy
- A Committee of Elders
- A Legal Committee
- The newly elected Board members are:
- Mrs BERNICE BANYBAH, ÉPSE NOUDEGBESSI: Dr in Human Rights/Legal Studies, UNESCO / UAC Chair; Expert in Gender, Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights (BENIN)
- PENDA MBOW: Experienced Woman, Activist, Former Minister. Professor at the CHEIKH ANTA DIOP University of Dakar and president of the citizen movement, (SENEGAL)
- KANGNI AFANOU, jurist, and journalist. He is « CCPR (CENTRE FOR CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS) coordinator for West and Central Africa, (TOGO)
- BUBA KHAN, Senior Consultant. Former Continental Advocacy Coordinator for ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL, (GAMBIA)
- HUCO JOAO JOSE SILVA MONTEIRO, Former ECOWAS Commissioner, Human Resources; (GUINNEA-BISSAU)
- JEDDLEE STEPHENS KINNII, National Coordinator Of Liberian African Youth Peer Review Committee, (LIBERIA)
- JOSEPHINE ALABI, Activist, Peace and Security, KEEN AND CARE INITIATIVE (NIGERIA).
- WACSOF must ensure at all times that it adopts an approach of intergenerational dialogue, solvency and guarantee of its future performance. The key issue is to work in an inclusive and consensual manner, all generations and families of CSOs combined, in order to reposition WACSOF as the reference umbrella for CSOs in West Africa.
- WACSOF thanks all West African organizations and undertakes to work for an ECOWAS of the peoples in accordance with the ECOWAS vision 2050 ./.
Done in Cotonou on June 30, 2022
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (THE PEOPLES’ FORUM)
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