The West Africa Biodiversity and Low Emissions Development (WABiLED) Financial Year 2025 Work Plan review workshop took place in Accra on September 18-19, 2025. The event aimed to share the final draft of the WABiLED FY25 Annual Work Plan and gather input from stakeholders, including ECOWAS Directorate of Environment and Natural Resources, USAID West Africa and bilateral Missions, USAID/Washington, and other partners.
Participants reviewed key achievements from the past three years of the program's implementation. Highlights included ECOWAS's endorsement of the West Africa Strategy for Combating Wildlife Crime, the establishment of the West Africa Network, setting up the West Africa TWIX system, and producing restoration opportunity maps for four transboundary landscapes in Upper Guinea forests.
In addition to discussing these accomplishments, attendees also focused on information sharing about grantees' activities supported under the WABiLED program. The second day was dedicated to hearing directly from a core group of WABiLED grantees about their work in transboundary landscapes across the region.
"Some of the achievements included recognition of ECOWAS final endorsement of the West Africa Strategy for Combating Wildlife Crime," one participant noted. "We have also established a network that is critical for our efforts."
Another attendee emphasized: "The production of restoration opportunity maps has been crucial for our work in conserving forest resources."
The workshop concluded with presentations on plans for FY25, aiming to finalize a draft AWP for submission to USAID/West Africa.
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