24. 为查明贸易商面临的限制，西非国家经济共同体(西非经共体)和国际贸易中心合作实施了区域贸易障碍警报系统。自 2020 年 6 月以来，该系统记录了超过100 次障碍报告，并解决了其中 50%以上的障碍。国际贸易中心与西非经共体的区域商业协会合作，为建立西非经共体商业理事会提供支持。国际贸易中心还为东部和南部非洲共同市场(东南非共同市场)区域内 7 个国家的小规模跨境贸易商提供协助，以便改善贸易并使跨境业务正规化。
24. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the International Trade Centre collaborated on the implementation of regional trade obstacles alert systems to identify constraints faced by traders. Since June 2020, the system has recorded more than 100 obstacle reports and addressed over 50 per cent of them. The International Trade Centre engaged regional business associations in ECOWAS to support the establishment of an ECOWAS business council. It also assisted small-scale cross-border traders across seven countries in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region to improve trade an d formalize cross-border business.