The 8th meeting of the ECOWAS Community Conformity Assessment Committee (ECOCONF) started on Monday, September 4, relating to the review and amendment of the draft ECOWAS regional mutual recognition mechanism. It will end next 6 in Lomé, the Togolese capital

The 8th ECOCONF meeting is made possible thanks to the efforts of the two West African Regional Economic Communities. These are the UEMOA Commission and the ECOWAS Commission, as well as the technical and financial partners UNIDO and the European Union. , which contributes significantly to the development of the quality regional infrastructure of ECOWAS and its member states. This regional meeting will bring together around thirty participants made up of representatives of the ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions, the European Union and UNIDO representative in Côte d'Ivoire, ECOCONF members representing ECOWAS Member States, representatives of private sector organizations (FEWACCI and FOPAO), consumer rights protection associations and the WACQIP regional coordination technical unit