"Think Regionally, Act Locally" - The SOCO Project is a regionally coordinated solution that effectively responds to local needs
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Implemented by the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation, and Rural Development (MLGDRD), with a credit facility from the Word Bank.
THE GULF OF GUINEA NORTHERN REGIONS SOCIAL COHESION (SOCO) PROJECT
The project is contributing to the prevention of conflict spillover from the sahelian countries by improving the social and economic resilience of the targeted Northern Regions in the Gulf of Guinea countries (Ghana Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo) .
In Ghana, the SOCO Project is being implemented in six (6) regions in the northern parts of Ghana – namely the Northern, Upper East, Upper West, North East, Savannah and Oti Regions. Forty-eight (48) MMDAs are benefitting from the project.
AT A GLANCE
COMPONENTS
Using the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach, the project interventions target vulnerable cluster of communities in border areas exposed to conflict and climate risks. The SOCO project has five (5) components geared towards the achievement of its objectives.
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We are always ready to have discussions that will further the conversation towards the achievement of the project development objectives.
INVESTMENT AREAS
With CDD as our approach, SOCO investments are community-focused.
Our interventions areas cuts across the following areas;
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