As a Centre of Excellence for gender and development in the ECOWAS region, EGDC collaborates with government institutions, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and civil society groups, including:

• Ministries and departments in charge of gender issues in the fifteen ECOWAS Member States
• National Assemblies of Member States
• International institutions and organizations
• Research and training institutions
• Development agencies
• The private sector.
• The media
• Civil society organizations, including women and youth organizations
• Religious leaders
• Opinion leaders
• Professional associations, including women lawyers
• Traditional authorities

At the regional level, we provide leadership and support to:

• The Network on Peace and Security for Women in the ECOWAS Region (NOPSWECO),
• The West African Network of Young Women Leaders (ROAJELF), and
• The ECOWAS Female Parliamentarian Association (ECOFEPA).

At the continental and international levels, EGDC is a member of the following bodies:

• The working group on Women, Peace and Security coordinated by the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA)
• The Gender Thematic Group coordinated by UN-Women
• The African Union’s Gender Task Force
• Interim Steering Committee of the African Gender, Peace and Governance Network
• The Meeting of African Women Leaders’ organizing committee
• NEPAD’s Gender Task Force
• The Network of Spanish and African Women for a Better World
• The Steering Committee for the Women, Peace and Security Institute of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre