Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 175 CHAPTER TEN: THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND DONORS IN COMPLEMENTING GHANA'S INTEGRATION AGENDA IN WESTAFRICA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES E.Y Benneh* ABSTRACT This paper begins with a discussion of West African integration facing the new global context. From that perspective, it examines ECOWAS as the vehicle through which Member States including Ghana, seek to pursue their regional integration agenda. Integrated into the discussion are the challenges posed in the process of regional integration in West Africa with a view to finding what prospects there are. The paper then proceeds to examine the role that some donors and international organisations play in complementing the integration agenda in West Africa. The point here is that these organisations and donor agencies are well placed to support initiatives and policy changes favourable to regional integration and by so doing help Member States of ECOWAS meet their challenges—challenges that range from peace and security, economic marginalisation, weak infrastructure, to weak performance in macroeconomic policies. The paper concludes, among others, that with this complementary role on the part of these organisations and agencies, it is also of the utmost importance that Member States of ECOWAS deepen the integration process within the community by co-ordinating and harmonising effectively their economic, financial and security policies. Obviously, Ghana's integration agenda can only advance if its national policies converge with other Member States of the ECOWAS leading ultimately to the establishment of an economic union in West Africa as embodied in Article 3 of the ECOWAS Revised Treaty. *E.Y Benneh is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon.