An international consortium, with ISSER as a Ghana-based Principal Investigator, partnered with staff from the University of Bonn and a US-based NGO, Eparque Urban Strategies, LLC, to undertake this project aimed at equipping smaller cities (Agona Swedru and Cape Coast) to boost their economies and help reinvigorate employment and related improved socio-economic status for residents. In this project, both cities chose areas of interest to them. Cape Coast chose tourism while Agona Swedru and its environs chose agro-processing. East Mamprusi Municipality was introduced as a “learning city”. The project trained citizens from these communities to provide the needed collaboration and backstopping for the sustainability of the Project. It was funded by the United Nations Office for Project Services (“UNOPS”), through Cities Alliance.
Expected Duration: 14 months (July 2018 – October 2019)
Principal Investigator: Rev. Prof. Adobea Owusu; Co-PI, Prof. George Owusu