Green Economy Ghana

The capital of Ghana, Accra, is home to over 2.5 million people.

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In Accra alone, 3,000 metric tonnes of waste is produced everyday.
Would you like to learn more? As part of the Green Economy Ghana project, women and youth in Ghana are receiving dual Training Vocational Educational Training to gain theoretical and practical knowledge on organic waste management, plastic waste management and sustainable forestry management for skilled employability and entrepreneurship.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce @Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships Eurochambres Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year programme, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF), whose main objective is to strengthen the employability of young people and support job

creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal). Budget: 15 million euro, Start: January 2019, End: January 2023. https://archipelago-programme.org

Deforestation and the loss of other trees can cause climate change, desertification, crop reduction, flooding and increases in greenhouse gasses.

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Ghana has experienced an average deforestation rate of 0.6% since 1990?

Would you like to learn more? As part of the Green Economy Ghana project, women and youth in Ghana are receiving dual Training Vocational Educational Training to gain theoretical and practical knowledge on sustainable forestry management for skilled employability and entrepreneurship.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden , Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce @Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships Eurochambres Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year programme, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF), whose main objective is to strengthen the employability of young people and support job creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal). Budget: 15 million euro, Start: January 2019, End: January 2023. Contact: [email protected] https://archipelago-programme.org

The team had practical training sessions in Sustainable Forestry - snail production and seedling production at FORIG Kumasi.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships Eurochambres Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

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There are two ways to classify waste? Source-Based and Type-Based and here are the breakdowns:

Source-Based Classification- Residential, Commercial, Municipal, Institutional/Industrial, and Agricultural.

Type-Based Classification- Garbage, Ashes and Residues, Combustibles and Non-Combustibles, Bulky, Street-Waste, Biodegradable and Non-Biodegradable, Dangerous Waste, and Chemical Waste.

Would you like to learn more?

As part of the Green Economy Ghana project, women and youth in Ghana are receiving dual Training Vocational Educational Training to gain theoretical and practical knowledge on organic waste management for skilled employability and entrepreneurship.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden @Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce @Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships Eurochambres Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year programme, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF), whose main objective is to strengthen the employability of young people and support job creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal). Budget: 15 million euro, Start: January 2019, End: January 2023. Contact: [email protected] https://archipelago-programme.org

Green Economy Ghana developing skills and talents in plastic waste management - MyJoyOnline.com

https://www.myjoyonline.com/green-economy-ghana-developing-skills-and-talents-in-plastic-waste-management/
project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships Eurochambres Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

Green Economy Ghana developing skills and talents in plastic waste management - MyJoyOnline.com The Green Economy Ghana project is providing young people with vocational and entrepreneurship skills in the green and circular economy space, more specifically in plastic waste management, sustainable forestry management, and organic waste management.

There are a plethora of benefits to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) like cost efficiency, specialization, practical experience, and low time-cost.

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The GEG project is providing 3 TVET trainings for Ghanaian women and youth on Plastic Waste Management, Organic Waste Management and Sustainable forestry Management?

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce @Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships EUROCHAMBRES Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year programme, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF), whose main objective is to strengthen the employability of young people and support job creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal). Budget: 15 million euro, Start: January 2019, End: January 2023. Contact: [email protected] https://archipelago-programme.org

Sources: ​​https://www.studyinternational.com/news/vocational-education-benefits-2021/

30% of Earth’s surface is covered in forests, which account for 50% of global plant productivity.

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Ghana is home to 3,600 species of flora, with around 10% of the total land area being covered in tropical forests.

Would you like to learn more? As part of the Green Economy Ghana project, women and youth in Ghana are receiving dual Training Vocational Educational Training to gain theoretical and practical knowledge on sustainable forestry management for skilled employability and entrepreneurship.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden @Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce @Social Enterprise Ghana @Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships EUROCHAMBRES Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year programme, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF), whose main objective is to strengthen the employability of young people and support job creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal). Budget: 15 million euro, Start: January 2019, End: January 2023. Contact: [email protected] https://archipelago-programme.org

Sources: https://www.cbd.int/countries/profile/?country=gh#:~:text=Ghana%20is%20situated%20in%20West,which%20is%20indigenous%20to%20Ghana. & https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/ForestCarbon

Our plastic waste management facilitators are currently preparing for their practical training at the Ghana YMCA . An intensive one day training has been scheduled today to examine the machines and other hands on training that they could teach their respective trainees.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships EUROCHAMBRES Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

Every year, approximately 8 million tons of Plastic Waste is released into the ocean.

Did you know?

Ghana creates 1.1 million tons of plastic waste every year and only 5% of this plastic is collected for recycling?

Would you like to learn more? As part of the Green Economy Ghana project, women and youth in Ghana are receiving dual Training Vocational Educational Training to gain theoretical and practical knowledge on plastic waste management for skilled employability and entrepreneurship.

project is brought to you by: Inclusive Business Sweden Ghana - Sweden Chamber of Commerce @Social Enterprise Ghana Ghana YMCA Sweden-West Africa Business Association - SWABA

With support from: EU International Partnerships EUROCHAMBRES Conférence Permanente des Chambres Consulaires Africaines et Francophones

ARCHIPELAGO is a 4-year programme, funded by the European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF), whose main objective is to strengthen the employability of young people and support job creation in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal). Budget: 15 million euro, Start: January 2019, End: January 2023. Contact: [email protected] https://archipelago-programme.org

Sources: https://globalplasticaction.org/countries/ghana/#:~:text=Ghana%20generates%20around%201.1%20million,which%20is%20collected%20for%20recycling. & https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/plastic-pollution