Kofi Ampeah Woode
The Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC), in collaboration with Conciliation Resources and the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation, organised a one-day National Stakeholders’ Dialogue to create a collaborative environment for stakeholders, institutions, and partners to share information and ideas on current and emerging trends along Ghana’s international boundaries.
The discourse took place on Thursday 8 February 2024 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, under the theme: ‘Emerging Security Threats and Initiatives towards Effective Boundary Management and Security.’
The dialogue saw the participation of all relevant stakeholders in Ghana’s boundary management space, including representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ghana Immigration Service, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
The Dialogue also served as a prelude to a sub-regional workshop for stakeholders from the trio border countries of Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire to be hosted by the GhBC at the end of February 2024.
In his remarks, Major General Emmanuel Kotia – Commissioner-General of the GhBC, emphasised that the dialogue provides a suitable platform for networking, sharing of relevant information, and deepening of understanding on boundary-related issues.
Madam Janet Adama Mohammed – the West Africa Programme Director for Conciliation Resources, added that CSOs and independent International Organisations, have been working with border communities, to promote peace and peaceful co-existence in the communities.
She said the national level dialogue was to enable the sharing of ideas as a State, prior to the sub-regional dialogue, which aims at harnessing the various ideas gathered from each State, for proper management of peace in the sub-region.
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