The WAPP Information and Coordination Center is an organ of the WAPP Secretariat and shall promote operational coordination betweenTransmission
Owning/Operating Members through actual day-to-day information sharing/exchange between WAPP Operational Coordination Centers in both Zones A & B.

Duties
The responsibilities of the WAPP Information and Coordination Center shall include:

(a) collect, analyse and disseminate the information needed to gauge the evolution of interconnected electricity generation and transmission systems in
the region.

(b) monitor the development of the national electric power sector in ECOWAS member states in order to forewarn the risks of performancedeficiencies
and to provide them with corrective measures;

(c) periodically analyse the economic and technical viability of cross-border electricity trading arrangements among Transmission Using Members.

(d) facilitate the development of technical norms and standards for the collection and treatment of useful information for the efficient operation of the
national and interconnected electric networks.

(e) support and monitor the technical performance of the electricity utilities.

Publications and Data Bases

The WAPP Information and Coordination Center shall publish and distribute printed reports as necessary to fulfill the mission of the WAPPOrganization.
The WAPP Information and Coordination Center shall also develop and maintain electronic databases of relevant technical information as approved by the
Executive Board.

The release of information in databases containing member-specific technical data considered proprietary in nature will be governed by the Membership
Agreement and related “Standards of Conduct” and administered by the Staff. In the event member specific non-proprietary technical data
is being distributed, the WAPP Information and Coordination Center will provide written notice of the specific data submitted, to whom it is being submitted
and the purpose of such submittal to the respective Member at the same time the data is provided to the requesting party.

Publications and technical data will be made available at no charge to Members, statutory agencies of ECOWAS Member State and the ECOWAS Secretariat.
Other parties requesting publications or technical data of the WAPP Organization will be charged an amount equivalent to production, handling and delivery
costs.