Improving Health Care in the Kumbungu District in Northern Ghana
The project strengthens the competencies of the staff and contributes to the improvement of the infrastructure of the King Medical Center in Botanga.
Sustainable Economic Development to Secure Future Job Prospects
The project supports sustainable economic development in Ghana and contributes to improving employment opportunities in the formal and informal sector.
Emergency COVID-19 Support for Ghana
The project contributes to contain the spread of the novel corona virus in informal settlements near the Old Fadama scrap yard in Ghana, thus reducing the associated negative impacts.
Export Promotion for Ghanaian Companies
The project aims to strengthen the international competitiveness of selected companies from Ghana in order to give them access to international markets.
Supporting the Start-up Ecosystem in Kumasi
The project will help to strengthen the performance of start-up support institutions in Kumasi and support the development of promising start-up concepts.
Creating Value from Plastic Waste
The project aims to improve cooperation between the informal sector and the plastics industry in order to increase the value added from plastic waste.
Sustainable Management of Plastic Waste
The aim of the project is to strengthen technical capacity for managing plastic waste in the competent Ghanaian institutions, local government entities, civil society organisations and the private sector.
Safety at Work and Environmental Protection in the Informal Recycling Sector
The project is designed to improve the living and working conditions of young people in Ghana’s informal recycling sector, help build a circular economy and strengthen higher education in occupational and environmental medicine.
Capacity Building in Occupational and Environmental Medicine in Ghana
The project is geared towards strengthening scientific capacity and expertise in environmental and occupational medicine in Ghana so that in-depth analyses of health risks, particularly in the informal recycling sector, can be conducted and alternative strategies can be recommended.
Climate and Resource Protection
The project aims at supporting the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi to become a long-term centre of excellence for renewable energy, energy efficiency and waste management and resource conservation.
Specialist Programme: ‘Resource Recovery – Made in NRW’
The project aims to provide participants with practical knowledge and experience. This should enable them to identify recycling potentials.
Municipal Waste Management in Kumasi
The project is geared towards developing practical strategies and plans for effective waste management by Ghanaian local government entities, using the city of Kumasi as an example.
WACEE’12 – Platform for Sustainable Economic Development
The project set out to foster cooperation between companies from Ghana and North Rhine-Westphalia and encourage an expert dialogue between them on renewable energy, waste management and recycling.
Appraisal mission – Supplying Power from Renewable Energy
The project aims to test the capacity building conditions at the Centre for Energy at Kumasi Technical University as an education and research centre for renewable energy and energy efficiency in Ghana.
Training Young Journalists
The project aims to strengthen the skills of young radio makers of Ghanaian university radio stations through practice-oriented qualifications as a contribution to the promotion of young journalism in Ghana.
Creating a Testing and Development Laboratory
The aim of the project is to define essential factors for the establishment of a centre for pharmaceutical quality control and to work out first steps of implementation.