Programme 1: Strengthening of Cross-Border Cooperation
Outcome:
Capacity building support on cross-border pilot projects are institutionalized
Activity:
- Annual capacity building support subvention to ECOWAS Cross-border Control (CBC) pilot projects
- Coordination, Networking and Partnership Building: Field visit, zonal coordination and exchange with  technical partners – ECOWAS CBC pilot project sites and agencies; AU- R.E.CS/ E.U CBC partner agencies /projects
- Institutional Arrangements, Legal Frameworks and  Operational Modalities for CBC Development:  National workshops on ECOWAS CBC
- Institutional Arrangements Legal Frameworks and Operational Modalities for CBC Development:Â Â Regional workshops on elaboration of ECOWAS CBC directive and programme development
- Research and Documentation on CBC Development Issues: Task force meetings on ECOWAS CBC  programme review and development – study on programme development and funding
Programme 2: The Facilitation of Migration Across the Region
Outcome:
The harmonization of travel documents for ECOWAS Member States
Activity:
- Facilitation of the adoption of harmonised travel documents for the region by Member states (Passport and Identification Card)
- Establish information centres at designated borders to collate data on migration across the region
- Inauguration of ECOWAS monitoring units (operatives) in member states (to ensure monitoring and enforcement of the Provisions of the protocol)
- Harmonise immigration policies and procedures across member states
Programme 3: Sensitization and Awareness Creation, Build and Enhance Capacity in ECOWAS – Relevant Institutions and Agencies, Networking and Partnership Building
Outcome:
Regional Media Network are fully sensitized and equipped to effectively disseminate cases of migrants’ harassment across borders in the region
Activity:
- Strengthen the capacity of the Regional Media Network to enhance the dissemination of Migration related news and ensure the reporting of cases of harassment of Migrants along ECOWAS highway.
- Awareness Creation on the Tenets of the Free Movement Protocol
- Strengthening the capacity of security operatives at the border posts on tenets of the free movement protocol. (customs, immigration, police, gendarmerie)
- Entrenchment of the provisions of the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons in the training institutions of operatives in Member States.
Programme 4: Promote awareness of Tourism in the Region
Outcome:
The development of a Regional Standard/Benchmark on Tourism
Activity:
- Harmonisation of tourism policies and procedures in the region
Cross Border Initiatives Total Cost: 3,335,575,625
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