PROJECTS

The project’s objective was to build networks between health care practitioners from Ghana and NRW, promote partnerships and dialogue between medical professionals, and test training formats targeted at strengthening the health sector in Ghana.

The project aimed to develop capacity in Ghana’s circular economy sector and to promote micro enterprises in the north of the country and support them in the efficient use of available resources. It thus contributed to a green economic recovery.

The project aimed to enhance the professional competence of KMC medical staff by offering consultations and training, and by arranging work shadowing placements in Klinikum Dortmund.

The project supported sustainable economic development in Ghana and helped to improve job opportunities in both the formal and informal sectors.

The project helped to curb the spread of coronavirus in the informal settlements near the Old Fadama scrapyard in Accra and to reduce the negative impacts.

The project aimed to boost the international competitiveness of selected companies from Ghana and to facilitate access to international markets.

The project aimed to support the start-up ecosystem in Kumasi in providing better advice to start-up entrepreneurs. This was designed to enable new businesses to be set up that create new jobs and sources of income and help boost Ghana’s economic development and international competitiveness.

The project aimed to professionalise the informal waste collectors and to strengthen cooperation with the plastics and recycling industry in Ghana with a view to increasing the amount of plastic waste collected and to boost income opportunities for waste collectors.

The aim of the project was to strengthen technical capacity for managing plastic waste in the competent Ghanaian institutions, local government entities, civil society organisations and the private sector.

The project was designed to improve the living and working conditions of young people in Ghana’s informal recycling sector, helped build a circular economy and strengthen higher education in occupational and environmental medicine.

The project was 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 could be recommended.

The project aimed 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.

The project was geared towards sharing practical knowledge with recycling planners from public authorities and companies in Ghana and Kenya. This enabled them to identify and harness the potential for recycling that already exists within their area of responsibility, and thus increase resource efficiency in the waste management industry.

The project was geared towards developing practical strategies and plans for effective waste management by Ghanaian local government entities, using the city of Kumasi as an example.

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.

The project aimed 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.

The project aimed 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.

The aim of the project was to define essential factors for the establishment of a centre for pharmaceutical quality control and to work out first steps of implementation.