Wildlife Census and Staff Training at Mole Park – Ghana March/April 2019

Biodiversity is the key indicator of the health of an ecosystem

Background The Mole Park was established in 1958 as a Wildlife Reserve and gazetted as a national park in 1971. The park which is Ghana's largest protected area is home to key wildlife species and population, some of each globally endangered or threatened and as such, an important site for…

European Union (EU) Delegation hands over control of its social media accounts to Plan International Ghana child rights activists

In Ghana, the Youth Takeover will take place on Wednesday, April 26th, from 10am – 2pm

To celebrate the launch of the revised European Union (EU) Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Child, Plan International is partnering with the European External Action Service to organize a global youth takeover of EU Delegation social media accounts. Throughout April, young people across Africa,…

Media Invitation – Press Conference for 6 Members of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA Committee) to Ghana

Visit of Members of European Parliament from the Committee on International Trade (INTA) to Ghana on 20 April, 2017

The Delegation of the European Union to Ghana wishes to inform you of the official visit of a 14-Member delegation from the European Parliament including 6 members of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade (INTA) to Ghana on 20 April, 2017. The purpose of the one-day visit is to…

European Union provides support to ActionAid, Ghana and two district assemblies to implement Sustainable Livelihoods and Transparent Local Authorities

The project seeks to promote environmentally sustainable livelihoods and decent work for women, women groups, migrant workers popularly referred to as kayayei and youth dependent on informal economies while at the same time improving transparency, accountability and revenue mobilization in the two local authorities

In partnership with the Sunyani West District Assembly and the La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly, ActionAid Ghana in collaboration with the European Union (EU),  have launched a project entitled ''Sustainable Livelihoods and Transparent Local Authorities'' that will cost €822,876.00 with the European Union providing €700,000 of this amount.   The project…

Official visit to Ghana of Mr. Louis Michel, former European Union (EU) Development Commissioner

Mr. Michel, who is on a West African Regional tour, will arrive from Abidjan on 27 March 2017, departs Accra on 28 March and also visit Dakar and Lomé

Mr. Louis Michel, former European Union (EU) Development Commissioner and Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister, will arrive in Accra on 27 March 2017 for an official visit to Ghana. He is part of a pool of three high level personalities made up of former members of the European Commission designated by…

Head of the European Union in Ghana Pays Courtesy Call on the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in Accra

The purpose of the meeting was for the European Union Ambassador to formally introduce himself to the new Minister and to discuss the support provided by the EU to the sectors covered by her Ministry

The Head of the European Union in Ghana Ambassador William Hanna on Tuesday14 March, 2017, paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ms. Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, in her office in Accra. The purpose of the meeting was for the European Union Ambassador to formally introduce…

Results of evaluation on Cotonou Partnership Agreement announced

The European Commission will today announce the results of its evaluation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA). The evaluation is expected to report on the good progress being made towards the main objectives of the partnership between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States

The Cotonou Partnership agreement contributes considerably to the eradication of poverty, increases integration of the ACP countries into the world economy and enhances the capacity of regional organisations to intervene in conflict management, according to the evaluation.  The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica said: “The findings…

Ghana Receives 11.9 Million Euros (GHC 52 Million) from the European Union to Support Decentralisation

This is the fourth instalment of a programme amounting to a total of 45 million Euros or GHC 198.3 million

The European Union (EU) has this month paid 11.9 million Euros (GHC 52 million) to support decentralization in Ghana. The grant supports the decentralization reform process of the country that aims to improve service delivery at the district level.  In the framework of the European Union's Financing Agreement with Ghana,…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands visited Ghana 15 – 16 April 2016 on behalf of EU High Representative Federica Mogherini

 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Mr. Bert Koenders, visited Ghana from 15 to 16 April 2016 on behalf of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini. Mr. Koenders led a team to discuss with Ghanaian counterparts issues…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands visits Ghana 15 – 16 April 2016 on behalf of the European Union

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Mr. Bert Koenders, will visit Ghana from 15 to 16 April 2016 on behalf of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini. Mr. Koenders will lead a team to discuss with Ghanaian…