The conference was held on the 3rd to 5th of November, 2009 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Rabat, Morocco.

The ECOWAS-NNHRIs meeting was held at the Jerma Beach Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia from 12-14 October 2009.

The training course took place between the 21st and the 25th September 2009. Five countries participated in this sub-regional workshop and they are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia.