Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 180 environment and to play a more effective role in the integration and development process in the West Africa sub-region. D. ECOWAS Cooperation Policies The Revised Treaty makes provisions on a number of areas of cooperation of the Member States. This aspect is of critical importance given that numerous benefits are inherent in the pursuit of co-operation and integration. Indeed, national markets, including Ghana's, cannot support industry and at the same time adjust sufficiently rapidly to compete efficiently in world markets. The adoption of a regional market approach through regional integration could therefore provide a useful alternative. Within a regional context, local industries can be restructured, rationalised and merged with fewer overall costs and better long-run prospects of achieving international competitiveness. These assumptions are carried through the Revised Treaty which underline co-operation policies in the following fields: Food and Agriculture(Article 25); Industry, Science and Technology and Energy(Articles 26­28); Environment and Natural Resources(Articles 29-31); Transport, Communications and Tourism(Article 32-34); Trade, Customs, Taxation, Statistics, Money and Payment(Articles 35-53); Establishment and Completion of an Economic and Monetary Union(Articles 55-56); Political, Judicial and Legal Affairs, Regional Security and Immigration(Articles 56-59); Human Resources, Information, Social and Cultural Affairs(Articles 60-66). 208 ECOWAS policy on Food and Agriculture hinges on the promotion of co-operation among Member States in the development of agriculture, forestry, livestock and 208 In order to ensure implementation of the ECOWAS Treaty, a number of Protocols which span a wide spectrum of areas of co-operation among ECOWAS Member-States have been concluded, including Economic, Trade and Industrial Policy (e.g. Protocol Relating to the Definition of the Concept of Products originating from Member States of the ECOWAS, Protocol relating to the Re-exportation within the ECOWAS of Goods Imported from Third Countries, Protocol on the Assessment of Loss Revenue by Member States, Protocol Relating to the Fund for Co-operation, Compensation and Development of the ECOWAS, Protocol Relating to the Application of Compensation Procedures for Loss of Revenue Incurred by ECOWAS Member States as a Result of the Trade Liberalisation Scheme, Protocol Relating to the Contributions by Member States to the Budget of the ECOWAS, Protocol on Conditions Covering Application of the Community Levy, Protocol Relating to Community Enterprises), Free Movement, Right of Residence and Establishment (e.g. Protocol Relating to the Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment, Protocol Relating to the Definition of Community Citizen), Prevention and Management of Conflicts(e.g. Protocol on Non-Aggression, Protocol on Mutual Assistance on Defence, Protocol Relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peace-Keeping and Security), Legal and Political Co-operation(e.g. Protocol on the Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS Conventions on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and on Extradition, Convention for Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters, Protocol Relating to the General Convention on Privileges and Immunities of ECOWAS, Protocol Regarding the Fight against the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Munitions and Other Related Materials), Governance(e.g. Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the ECOWAS Parliament, Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance Supplementary to the Protocol relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peace-Keeping and Security), Infrastructure and Services(e.g. ECOWAS Energy Protocol, Protocol on the Establishment of an ECOWAS Brown Card Relating to Motor Vehicle Third Party Liability Insurance, Convention Regulating Inter-State Road Transportation between ECOWAS Member States, Convention Relating to inter-State Road Transit of Goods, Supplementary Convention Establishing a Community Guarantee Mechanism for Inter-State Road Transit of Goods), Social and Human Development(e.g. Protocol on the Establishment of a West African Health Organisation, Cultural Framework Agreement for the ECOWAS.