The Western Region (WR), on Tuesday 18th November 2008 hosted the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) sub-regional meeting on the Cross Border Cooperation (CIP) pilot operation in southern Senegambia.

The day long sub-regional meeting was held in the conference hall of the Region 2 Education Office in Brikama. The meeting brought together representatives from three countries within the southern Senegambia region, The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau.

The meeting was part of consultations and dialogue with local actors and other stakeholders about the ECOWAS cross border cooperation programme, especially the pilot operation in southern Senegambia.

Issues such as passes and permits, security check points along the border and between member countries, the difficulties encountered by drivers plying the border villages and towns took the centre stage.