JAPAN and the WORLD Magazine JANUARY ISSUE 2016 #Issue 14 | Page 71

THE WORLD
statement is to promote economic
integration among the Regional group of
15 countries and beyond.
ECOWAS THREE MAIN INSTITUTIONS
ECOWAS consists of three main institutions
for the effective implementation of its
policies, namely:
01 The ECOWAS Commission.
02 The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and
Development (EBID).
03 West African Health Organization (WAHO).
The ECOWAS Diplomatic
Group of Ambassadors
in Tokyo hosted the First
ECOWAS-JAPAN Business
Forum, from 28–29 October.
As part of its efforts to establish beneficial
relation between Japan and the West African
sub-region, the ECOWAS Diplomatic Group
of Ambassadors in Tokyo hosted the First
ECOWAS-JAPAN Business Forum, from
28–29 October, 2015 in Tokyo Japan. The
event brought together government officials
and members of the private sector from West
Africa and Japan, to discuss and negotiate
business initiatives beneficial to all parties.
The event afforded the West African countries
to showcase the investment opportunities
available in the sub-region as well as explore
the possibilities. The Forum also provided
opportunity to the Japanese partners to
appraise the array of investment opportunities
available in the sub-region. As a follow-up
to the 1st Business Forum, the ECOWAS
Diplomatic Group is proposing a tour of the
sub-region in conjunction with the ECOWAS
Commission in 2016.
We anticipate that the Forum
has further deepened trade
and investment opportunities
as well as relationships
between the ECOWAS sub-
region, the Government of
Japan as well as the Japanese
private sector.
Economic Development for the successful
hosting of the First ECOWAS-JAPAN
Business Forum.
We anticipate that the Forum has further
deepened trade and investment opportunities
as well as relationships between the ECOWAS
sub-region, the Government of Japan as well
as the Japan