ECOWAS Projects Preparation and Development Unit

EBID Building,
3rd Floor,
128 Boulevard du 13 Janvier,
Lomé, 
Togo

Email: ppdu@ecowas.int     

Tel: +228 22 45 81 39

The ECOWAS Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU) was established in 2011 as a Specialised Agency mandated to prepare regional bankable infrastructure projects in line with the ECOWAS objectives of regional integration and economic development. 

The main functions of the PPDU are to:

• Prepare and develop regional integration infrastructure projects in ECOWAS Member States;
• Manage a dedicated infrastructure fund for preparation of the projects;
• Promote public/private partnerships in investment financing and project management in ECOWAS

• Identification, selection, prioritisation and preparation of projects:
  - Undertake project prioritisation, preparation and development activities including studies;
  - Transaction support to member states (as project owners).

• Resource mobilisation and funding:
  - Inform the creation of appropriate enabling environment & policies;
  - Establish a funding mechanism for project preparation;
  - Increase private sector participation in funding.

• Partnerships and cooperation:
  - Building technical support for project preparation and development;
  - Capacity building for member states' agencies responsible for project implementation.

Not applicable - the PPDU is responsible for mobilising the resources required for preparation and development of infrastructure projects

Public sector (ECOWAS member states and their agencies)

Enabling environment; project definition; project feasibility; project structuring; transaction support; post-implementation support.