The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take its “ECOWAS For All” public sensitisation project to the Makola Market in Accra on Friday, October 23, to inform traders and other organization operators on local trade and free-movement chances.
The engagement will concentrate on cross-border trade, the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), custom-mades treatments, migration requirements, import clearance and service chances within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The project, arranged in cooperation with appropriate ministries, departments and companies, was released on October 2, 2026, under the style “Bringing ECOWAS Closer to the Citizen: Promoting Awareness, Participation and Opportunities for Regional Integration.”
According to the Ministry, the Makola engagement is planned to enhance traders’ useful understanding of ECOWAS trade and free-movement plans and how to utilize the chances properly.
The workout will likewise supply market-specific assistance on border treatments, freight, health requirements, transportation operations and service issues impacting traders and other market-based operators.
As part of the engagement, individuals will have direct access to authorities from the Ghana Immigration Service, Customs, Port Health and other pertinent organizations through interactive centers.
The centers are anticipated to assist attend to concerns on travel requirements, customizeds documents and legal local trade treatments, while repeating obstacles raised by traders and transportation operators will be recorded for recommendation to the pertinent organizations and follow-up.
The project will likewise highlight entrepreneurship and small-business chances within the ECOWAS area, with a concentrate on market females, women-led trader groups, importers and exporters, cross-border traders, freight and logistics operators, transportation unions, craftsmens and little and medium-sized business.
Youths, apprentices, youth-led organizations, market leaders and agents of civil society and the media are likewise anticipated to take part.
The Ministry stated the effort looks for to reinforce cooperation in between its ECOWAS Office, technical companies, trader associations, transportation unions, market leaders and the media to enhance public awareness of local combination.
The Makola engagement kinds part of the wider “ECOWAS For All” project focused on bringing info on local combination, people’ rights and obligations, and trade chances better to the general public.
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