With support from the MacArthur, Oak, and Packard Foundations, we’ve begun laying the groundwork for a new initiative to boost the performance of regional organizations like ECOWAS, SADC, IGAD, COMESA, ECCAS, EAC, and AMU. We believe such regional bodies can play a vital role in improving the economic climate and ensuring collective security, provided they are open to input from civil society groups. The initiative would conduct workshops and forge partnerships aimed at realizing this vision.

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