This volume combines the contributions of participants of the "Get to Know the ECOWAS" Training Programme from the classes of 2011 and 2012. It is the second publication in a series, which began in 2010 following a joint initiative of ECOWAS and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stitung(FES).As a combination of two generations of trainees who are looking at two different angles of the issues related to regional stability, this volume highlights the various initiatives of the ECOWAS in the regional integration process. It also focuses on its efforts and various responses to threats and improvement of electoral processes in West Africa.