EU-Ghana partnership for sustainable Cities ¿ phase 1

About this project

Through the implementation of the Joint Programming Ghana 2021-2027, the EU will support the development of more sustainable and inclusive cities.Unplanned spatial expansion of urban and metropolitan areas and their limited integration within and across Ghana¿s regions is a challenge to economic efficiency. It increases social and environmental costs, inadequate and unequal access to basic services, health risks and ecological damages. Climate change will further hamper development gains in cities. Finally, significant wealth gaps exist in Ghana, with northern regions disproportionately poor, unequal, and poorly covered in critical services. An integrated two phases programme is proposed to address those challenges by working both on the institutional framework at national and local level, and by improving urban services delivery and infrastructure provision to meet the demand of citizens. The action proposed in the AAP 2022 (first phase) will address the need for improved institutional coordination, capacity building and data collection through the provision of technical assistance and the establishment of an Urban Observatory. The Observatory aims to provide an institutional and technical platform to facilitate coordination and dialogue between the central government, local authorities and civil society, including women organisations and those representing the rights of the most vulnerable, such as people living with disabilities. Building technical and institutional capac…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 11Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Ghana

Sectors

Decentralisation and support to subnational governmentDomestic revenue mobilisationUrban development and management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisability inclusion · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2022-ACT-60927.

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