The West African Elder’s Forum is an initiative of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation established in 2021 to serve as a home-grown and non-partisan platform of past heads of state and government in West Africa.
The Forum aims to draw on the experience and standing of its members to provide advisory, mediation and conflict resolution support services to the political leaders of the sub-region. It also works on various democracy-promotion, peace and security and governance initiatives in the sub-region.
Its overarching motivation is to work with other stakeholders to limit instability and violence and to advance the integrity of the democratic process.
To this end, WAEF nurtures active collaboration with bodies such as ECOWAS, UNOWAS and other relevant stakeholders in the sub-region.