What: Popularisation and Awareness Raising Workshop on ECOSOCC National Chapters
Who: The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) supported by Expertise France
When: 9-10th August, 2023
Where: African Regent Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
Objectives
To structurally formalise the establishment of the interim national chapter in Ghana, and to enhance civil society engagement and collaboration with the African Union (AU) and ECOSOCC.
The workshop will be attended by civil society organisations (CSOs) working on governance, democracy, and human rights issues in Ghana.
Background
In 2015, the Executive Council of the AU tasked ECOSOCC to establish National ECOSOCC Chapters through the development of an ECOSOCC National Chapters Framework.
The framework is meant to be a mechanism for accountability of elected members, serve as a conduit for dissemination of information about the work and progress of the AU to civil society in each member state and to enable capacity-building and training of CSOs.
The AU Assembly of February 2023 adopted the ECOSOCC National Chapters Framework to guide the setup of the National Chapters and guide their work in providing CSO support to the work of the AU.
After the adoption, ECOSOCC has now embarked on the sensitization phase and aims to start the activation phase from Q1 2024.
Journalists are invited to cover the opening of the Popularisation and Awareness Raising Workshop on ECOSOCC National Chapters on 9th August, 2023 at African Regent Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
