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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87438, member: 27"]
A three-day AI-focused training for 74 field monitors from 12 ECOWAS member states just wrapped up in Lomé on Friday.

What the training covered
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[*]The ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate ran the sessions from 25 to 27 February in the Togolese capital.
[*]Data collection, verification, and reporting skills all got upgraded.
[*]Gender-sensitive indicators were folded into platform updates.
[*]Data quality and reporting consistency were tackled as ongoing pain points.
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AI enters the early-warning game
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[*]Onyinge Nkechi Onwuka, acting Director of the Early Warning Directorate, pushed for tech integration.
[*]Onwuka acknowledged that human capacity has real geographic-coverage gaps.
[*]Artificial intelligence is being eyed to sharpen data collection and analysis.
[*]The existing early-warning system works, but still faces clear limitations.
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Bigger picture for ECOWAS monitoring
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[*]The annual training ties back to a 1999 protocol on conflict prevention and security.
[*]ECOWARN's wins and struggles got a full review during the sessions.
[*]Operational capacity for field monitors was a core upgrade target.
[*]12 member states had representatives sharpening their reporting game.
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