In the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a regional workshop is organized to review the draft report of the study on regional value chain opportunities in West Africa. This workshop will take place from 12 to 13 June in Dakar.

The regional workshop to review the draft report of the study on regional value chain opportunities in West Africa is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Subregional Office for Africa in West, in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Over two days, participants will have to review and enrich the draft report of the study on the main value chain opportunities in West Africa; inform and mobilize the actors involved, in particular the private sector and their regional forest structures, on the value chain development project in West Africa in the context of the

This workshop will also aim to agree on a subregional roadmap on the implementation of the study's recommendations and in particular on the development of value chains in West Africa, in line with ECOWAS initiatives in this area.