Accra – On 8 February 2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) launched a new IOM Development Fund-funded project to support the city of Accra to better manage human mobility in the context of climate change.

Stakeholders discussed project objectives and the set-up of a steering committee which is to oversee the progress of the new project titled “Strengthening the capacity of the city of Accra to manage human mobility in the context of climate change.”

“The AMA has been intentional in working to provide socio-economic opportunities for all, including migrants, and has advocated on global platforms on prioritizing migrants’ inclusion into our city planning and management. I am glad that we have yet another opportunity to show our commitment to building a resilient and inclusive city through our partnership with IOM Ghana,” said Elizabeth K. T. Sackey, Mayor of the City of Accra.

The project envisions to assist the city of Accra to integrate human mobility in the context of climate change into its local policies, strategies and city action plans, all geared towards responding to the needs of migrants. The project will also foster a knowledge exchange with stakeholders from countries in the East, Horn of Africa and Central Africa.

“The commitment of the city authorities to the climate change and migration nexus is commendable. This project affords us to strengthen those efforts and to further expand our partnership with AMA on all things migration. Beyond positive results for the city of Accra and its mobile populations impacted by climate change, it will also contribute to achieving the Global Compact of Migration (GCM) in Ghana,” said IOM Ghana Chief of Mission, Fatou Diallo Ndiaye.

In attendance were senior heads of department at AMA, technical officers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of the Interior, as well as civil society organization C40Cities, a close climate action partner of AMA. They committed to playing their respective roles during the project’s implementation and reaffirmed to focus their climate action on migration related aspects.

For more information contact Eric Kwame Akomanyi, Project Manager, IOM Ghana, at eakomanyi@iom.int.