DECCMA Ghana National Stakeholder Workshop held

On 20^th of October, 2016, the DECCMA Ghana Team held a one-day workshop for National-Level Stakeholders at the Kofi Annan ICT Centre in Accra. A total of 52 participants made up of policy makers and technical experts from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) with representation from Parliament, the Attorney General’s Department, Civil Society Organisations and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) attended the workshop which was aimed at validating the Governance Analysis Report of Work Package 1 and updating stakeholders on the progress of work under the Project among others.

In a clear departure from the usual mode of organising workshops, a skit was performed by actors from the University of Ghana’s School of Performing Arts to introduce participants to the workshop as well as outline the objectives of the DECCMA Project. Prof. Samuel Codjoe, the DECCMA Ghana Principal Investigator welcomed participants to the workshop in a brief statement. Sylvia Lopez, the Chief of Missions and Country Director of the Ghana Office of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), also had some few remarks on their commitment to migration issues and therefore their willingness to collaborate in any possible way.

 Prof. Samuel Codjoe welcoming participants to the workshop

The increasing vulnerabilities of the deltaic areas were reiterated using the drone footage in combination with a short presentation. Similar to the District-level engagement, the participants at the workshop were taken through the Barriers to Policy Implementation Questionnaire as well as the one on Successful Adaptation which they completed. Additionally, there were brainstorming sessions on the various components of the Governance Analysis Report and terminologies related to maladaptation and successful adaptation.

Participants’ group photograph at the National Stakeholder’s Workshop