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
