WHO WE ARE

“We are the instrument for supporting the implementation of Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Security in the ECOWAS Region”

The ECOWAS Peace Fund (EPF) was established under Article 36 of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1999 Protocol relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security (also known as the Mechanism), signed by ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on 10 December 1999.
In pursuance of this decision by the Heads of State and Government, the ECOWAS Council of Ministers recommended at the end of an extraordinary session held on 1-2 September 2003, that a percentage of the proceeds of the Community levy received from Member States should be remitted to the Peace Fund.

In addition, ECOWAS leaders launched an appeal for support to the international community for assistance in the operationalization of the Peace Fund.

EPF became fully operational in May 2006, and constitutes one of the six (6) pillars of the ECOWAS Peace and Security Architecture. It is an instrument supporting the implementation of the Mechanism, the 2001 Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance as well as the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF), adopted in 2008. EPF office is located within the premises of the ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Nigeria.