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About WACOMP

The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), funded by the European Union, aims to support several selected value chains at the national and regional level so as to promote structural transformation and better access to regional and international markets while taking into account social and environmental concerns. The Programme was adopted under the 11th European Union Development Fund (EDF) Regional Indicative Programme for a total amount of €120m.

The major objectives of the programme are to strengthen the competitiveness of West African countries and also enhance their integration into the regional and international trading system. To reach this overarching goal, the programme is aimed at improving:

• performance, growth and contribution to the industry,

regional trade and exports of selected value chains, and

the business climate

Regional Level

Value Chains & Intermediary Organisations​
Value Chains & Intermediary Organisations​
Quality Infrastructure
Quality Infrastructure
Regional Policy & Framework
Regional Policy & Framework
Programme Management
Programme Management
Competitiveness Observatory​
Competitiveness Observatory​

National Level

The WACOMP includes 16 national components (one for each of the 15 ECOWAS Members States and Mauritania). Each national component was allocated a certain amount of resources implemented by selected agencies under the guidance of the country. Each country will focus on the selected sectors with the aim to upgrade the value chains, improve the quality of the products and their export and integration in the regional and global value chains. In each of the countries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) and clusters are supported to increase their capacities and upgrade their production and marketing process. 

Each country focuses on defining appropriate strategies with the aim of promoting marketing and/or export, improving general coordination with national strategies and reinforcing national institutions, improving quality and standards, reinforcing cooperatives, enhancing product design/development, marketing and sale, organising export consortium in the selected value chain, improving market access conditions to facilitate the creation of jobs, and in the perspective of green and inclusive growth.

Benin
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire
The Gambia
The Gambia
Ghana
Ghana
Guinea Conakry
Guinea Conakry
Guinea Bissau
Guinea Bissau
Liberia
Liberia
Mali
Mali
Niger
Niger
Nigeria
Nigeria
Senegal
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Togo
Togo

National Value Chains

Recent News/Activities

UNIDO WACOMP Newsletter Issue #4

  The 4th Edition of the UNIDO-WACOMP Newsletter has been launched. This Newsletter features activities of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme at Regional and National Levels. Kindly explore the interactive newsletter below which highlights the

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Testimonials

The REFILA project allowed me to specialize in multiplying rejects. Through REFILA, I encourage women to take an interest in pineapple in order to guarantee a future for their children.
Anne-Marie Bangoura
Agro-entrepreneur, member of UGPAM.
I am the owner of a pineapple plantation in Maferinyah and Vice-President of UGPAM. Thanks to the project, I was trained in good agricultural practices and techniques, which allowed me to hire 2 people, expand my plantation by 25,000 feet and facilitate my daily work.
Mr. Soumah Mangamory
Pineapple farmer in Maferinyah and beneficiary of REFILA