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The NCEA has been working in Ghana already from 2008 to 2021 after which the country disappeared from the list of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2023 we resumed activities as the country was back on the list as Combi (Trade & Development) Country.  

Previous involvement on ESIA and SEA in the non-renewable (oil & gas and coal) sector is abandoned and we now focus on integrated water resource management (IWRM) and integrated coastal development programs under the Blue Deal Programme and the West African Coastal Areas (WACA) program. We expect that in 2025 we shall be increasingly involved in ESIA for upcoming artisanal mining activities.

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SEA and coastal protection

At the end of June, a working group of the NCEA participated in a three-day stakeholder meeting in the Keta Lagoon.

11-07-2024
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Coastal zone management
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Legislation in Ghana

The Environmental Protection Act (1994) brought ESIA into the legal framework of Ghana. It introduced an ESIA system which consists three levels of assessment: initial, preliminary and a full assessment of the environmental impacts. Apart from extensive experiences with Environmental Impact Assessment (ESIA), Ghana has a relatively high level of experience with the application of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), particularly since 2002. Many capacity building activities have taken place in the framework of the Ghana Environmental Assessment Capacity Development Project (GeaCap phase 1, 1999-2001), the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy 2002-2004 and the Ghana Environmental Assessment and Support Project 2006-2008.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the key agency responsible for implementation of ESIA and SEA. It is the main decision-making authority during all stages of the ESIA process.

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