The ECOWAS Commission, the Forum of West African Tax Administrations (FAFAO) and the Togolese Revenue Authority (OTR) organized a meeting in Lomé on the management and collection of taxes in the mining sector. On the occasion, about sixty customs and tax executives from the countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) participated in the exchanges.

The five-day meeting focused on "risk-based tax auditing in the mining sector using computer-aided audit techniques (TAAO)". This work will ultimately boost the mobilization of resources in the mining sector, which contributed to nearly 1/4 of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the States of the sub-region.