Cape Verde hosts high-level meeting to adapt ECOWAS anti-trafficking strategy
Cabo Verde launched a national consultation today in Praia to adapt the ECOWAS TIP+ Strategy on combating human trafficking to its domestic context, in a push to enhance prevention, protection, and law enforcement efforts.
The three-day meeting, held from May 28 to 30, is organised by the country’s National Observatory on Trafficking in Persons in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Infor Press reports.
Bringing together around 30 participants from national institutions and international experts, the initiative seeks to tailor the regional TIP+ (Trafficking in Persons) framework to Cape Verdean realities.
The program included technical presentations, interactive discussions, and the administration of a detailed questionnaire to assess the country’s legal and protective mechanisms against trafficking.
Cape Verde is the latest ECOWAS member state to take steps toward the national implementation of the TIP+ Strategy, which is designed to provide a comprehensive and harmonised regional response to human trafficking across West Africa.
