It is not only important for international and regional organisations, national governments (Member States) and Non-Governmental Organisations to incorporate preventive policies in their programmes, but also to operationalise preventive policies through a multi-stakeholder preventive group.

The conflict prevention methods include, but not limited to the following:

fact-finding and oversight missions by religious leaders , traditional chiefs and eminent personalities, good offices initiatives in the region to assess the actual situation and find ways of preventing conflicts (workshops for resolving crises in collaboration with all stakeholders),
Negotiation,
Mediation,
Conciliation-creation of channels for dialogue between the rival groups,
Preventive deployment
Confidence-building measures.

Examples of concrete regional actions

Examples of concrete regional actions include:

A Peace and Security Architecture structured around relevant policy convergence principles,
A Functional Regional Early Warning System : cooperation with focal points from the Member States and civil society for data and information gathering and analysis (ECOWARN, Zonal Offices),
Mediation activities by the Council of the Wise and the ECOWAS President’s Country Representative,
Good offices exercised by eminent personalities : special envoys for high-level mediation,
Setting standards through the implementation of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF),
Facilitation of regional networks for human rights institutions, Anti-corruption institutions, election management bodies and political parties as a capacity-building measure.

ECOWAS is in the process of establishing a Mediation Support Division (MSD) to assist the preventive diplomacy bodies such the ECOWAS Council of the Wise and representatives /special envoys of the ECOWAS President. These initiatives are aimed at strengthening the belief that conflict prevention (both structural and operational) in the region is highly desirable in the long term.

	It is not only important for international and regional organisations, national governments (Member States) and Non-Governmental Organisations to incorporate preventive policies in their programmes, but also to operationalise preventive policies through a multi-stakeholder preventive group. The conflict prevention methods include, but not limited to the following: fact-finding and oversight missions by religious leaders , traditional chiefs and eminent personalities, good offices initiatives in the region to assess the actual situation and find ways of preventing conflicts (workshops for resolving crises in collaboration with all stakeholders), Negotiation, Mediation, Conciliation-creation of channels for dialogue between the rival groups, Preventive deployment Confidence-building measures. Examples of concrete regional actions Examples of concrete regional actions include: A Peace and Security Architecture structured around relevant policy convergence principles, A Functional Regional Early Warning System : cooperation with focal points from the Member States and civil society for data and information gathering and analysis (ECOWARN, Zonal Offices), Mediation activities by the Council of the Wise and the ECOWAS President’s Country Representative, Good offices exercised by eminent personalities : special envoys for high-level mediation, Setting standards through the implementation of the ECOWAS Conflict Prevention Framework (ECPF), Facilitation of regional networks for human rights institutions, Anti-corruption institutions, election management bodies and political parties as a capacity-building measure. ECOWAS is in the process of establishing a Mediation Support Division (MSD) to assist the preventive diplomacy bodies such the ECOWAS Council of the Wise and representatives /special envoys of the ECOWAS President. These initiatives are aimed at strengthening the belief that conflict prevention (both structural and operational) in the region is highly desirable in the long term.
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