The Regional Strategic Plan (2011 – 2015) is an international cross-sectoral plan of ECOWAS. Its main objective is to create a borderless, peaceful, prosperous and cohesive region, built on good governance, and where people have the capacity to access and harness its enormous resources through the creation of opportunities for sustainable development and environmental preservation. The Strategic Plan raises the collective awareness of the region to current and future issues and operations; provides an opportunity for all Community members to participate in the process and take a genuine interest in their future; indicates a “road map” for service delivery for the near and more distant future; facilitates a reconciliation between past ways of doing things and modern ideas and the projection of future service demand; focuses on “what must be done”, “what can be delayed or eliminated”, “who will be served”, “what is the intended outcome”, and “who will provide the service, how, and to what level”; serves as a communication tool to the Community activities; increases morale within the Community by developing a common sense of purpose and cohesion; sets the stage for the Community’s institutions to operate at a new, purposeful, and efficient level; provides operational and administrative direction for the Community Institutions; and aides the development of an outcome “planning” document suitable for developing action plans, creating timelines for the regional institutions. The Strategic Plan provides to promote good governance, justice and upgrade the conflict prevention, management and resolution mechanism; promote infrastructural development and a competitive business environment; sustained development and cooperation in the region; deepen socio-economic and monetary integration; reinforce institutional capacity; and strengthen the mechanism for integration into the global market.
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