46. 2018 年 3 月 26 日和 27 日，西萨办在科特迪瓦阿比让组织了一次主题为“西非政治改革的挑战和前景”的专题讨论会，来自领导政治改革工作的国家机构的大约 70 名代表参加了讨论会。专题讨论会的一项成果是创建了西非和萨赫勒政治改革平台，秘书处将设在西萨办。西萨办还为西非国家经济共同体(西非经共体)委员会制定关于季节性转移放牧的区域行动计划提供了支持，并设立了一个畜牧业和预防冲突问题非正式工作组，参与方包括就此问题开展工作的联合国实体和区域实体。
46. On 26 and 27 March 2018, UNOWAS organized a colloquium in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on the theme “Challenges and prospects of political reforms in West Africa”, attended by approximately 70 representatives of national institutions spearheading political reforms. The colloquium resulted in the creation of a platform for political reforms in West Africa and the Sahel, the secretariat of which will be hosted by UNOWAS. UNOWAS also supported the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the development of a regional action plan on transhumance and established an informal working group on pastoralism and conflict prevention with the participation of the United Nations and regional entities working on this issue.