Danish Government supports Ghana

Ho (Volta Region) 30 Mar ?99

The Danish government's support to priority sectors of the Ghanaian economy since 1991 stands at 40 million dollars with good prospects for further support. Mr Fred Pappoe, Programme Officer of the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), said since 1991 the Danish government has been involved in sectors such as health, water and sanitation, transport, energy and anti-corruption initiatives.

Mr Pappoe disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency at Ho last Friday at the closing session of a preparatory workshop for key personnel of the 12 district assemblies in the Volta region. The Ghana and Danish governments are about to conclude an agreement for a five year capacity building programme at the National, Regional, District and sub-district levels. Mr Pappoe said all the 17 districts in the Upper West region and 12 in the Volta region will benefit from the programme. He said the programme will create an economic fund with women as the targets in addition to promoting collaboration between the recipient district assemblies and the civil society.

The workshop which is a follow-up to a successful one year pilot programme in selected districts in the Volta and Upper West regions is to provide opportunity for sharing ideas with stakeholders to ensure that maximum benefits are obtained from the programme. Mr Pappoe said the Danish Embassy will require beneficiary districts to carry out their obligations towards the implementation of the programme by providing the Human, financial and other material resources that will be required of them.