Two-Day Meeting of ECOWAS Ministerial Ad-Hoc Committee on Institutional Reform Begins Monday, May 29
In continuation of the mid-year ECOWAS statutory meetings currently taking place in Liberia, the second meeting, the ECOWAS Ministerial Ad-Hoc Committee on Institutional Reform takes place from Monday, May 29 to Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Farmington Hotel in lower Margibi County.
Members of the Ad-Hoc Committee include the Republics of Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.
According to a Foreign Ministry release, Liberia’s Foreign Minister, Madam Marjon Kamara, who’s also Chairperson of the Council of Ministers, will welcome her colleagues to Liberia and formally open the meeting for business.
The Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Edward Singhatey, as well as the Chairperson of the Ad-Hoc Committee will make remarks during the opening session.
The two-day meeting continues with closed door sessions centered around a Memorandum on the Restructuring of the ECOWAS Commission and other Ancillary Matters within the Framework of the ECOWAS Institutional Reform Project that will be presented by the Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission and other ECOWAS functionaries.
The Ad-Hoc Committee was established by the 75th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers to monitor and work with the ECOWAS Commission on the implementation of the ECOWAS Institutional Reform Project that commenced in 2013.
In 2015, the Management of the Commission obtained the approval of Council to continue with the Community-wide restructuring process with the aim of facilitating the design of efficient organizational structures for the Community capable of achieving cost savings as well as improved service delivery.
With the retention in January 2017, of Maxwell Stamp PLC, a UK-based human resources consultancy firm, cost cutting measures have been proposed which may go a long way in reorganizing the ECOWAS Commission into a more cost effective structure and in reducing the operational costs of the Community to acceptable level.
Meanwhile, the Mediation and Security Council meets on Wednesday, May 31st; while the 78th Meeting of the Council of Ministers takes place on the Thursday and Friday, June 1st - 2nd, 2017. Both meetings take place at the Farmington Hotel in lower Margibi County.
