{"id":9474,"date":"2025-03-25T11:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/?p=9474"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:06:43","slug":"wanep-18th-general-assembly-shaping-the-future-of-multilateralism-and-regionalism-in-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wanep-18th-general-assembly-shaping-the-future-of-multilateralism-and-regionalism-in-west-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"WANEP 18th General Assembly: Shaping the Future of Multilateralism and Regionalism in West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a018th WANEP General Assembly, taking place on\u00a026-27 March 2025\u00a0in Accra, Ghana, will focus on the evolving dynamics of\u00a0multilateralism and regionalism\u00a0in West Africa. The event will explore the challenges and opportunities for\u00a0Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)\u00a0in promoting peace, security, and sustainable development across the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Key discussions will center on:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>The changing landscape of regional integration and the critical role of CSOs in supporting\u00a0ECOWAS\u00a0and other regional initiatives.<\/li>\n<li>WANEP&#8217;s strategic direction for 2026-2030, including a review of achievements, challenges, and lessons learned from the current strategic plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a018th General Assembly\u00a0will bring together\u00a0delegates from WANEP\u2019s National Networks,\u00a0members of the WANEP Regional Board,\u00a0staff from WANEP\u2019s Regional Office,\u00a0Liaison Coordinators at the African Union and ECOWAS, as well as\u00a0strategic partners\u00a0including\u00a0ECOWAS,\u00a0the African Union,\u00a0the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA),\u00a0the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), and other potential partners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As WANEP moves into a new phase of institutional growth, the 18th General Assembly will serve as a platform for reflection and strategic planning, ensuring greater resilience, efficiency, and collaboration in advancing the goals of peace and development in West Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a018th WANEP General Assembly, taking place on\u00a026-27 March 2025\u00a0in Accra, Ghana, will focus on the evolving dynamics of\u00a0multilateralism and regionalism\u00a0in West Africa. The event will explore the challenges and opportunities for\u00a0Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)\u00a0in promoting peace, security, and sustainable development across the region. Key discussions will center on: The changing landscape of regional integration and the critical role of CSOs in supporting\u00a0ECOWAS\u00a0and other regional initiatives. WANEP&#8217;s strategic direction for 2026-2030, including a review of achievements, challenges, and lessons learned from the current strategic plan. The\u00a018th General Assembly\u00a0will bring together\u00a0delegates from WANEP\u2019s National Networks,\u00a0members of the WANEP Regional Board,\u00a0staff from WANEP\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wanep-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9476,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9474\/revisions\/9476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wanep.org\/wanep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}