Describe the main features of the policy/measure:
• Promote the Made-in-Ghana (MiG) policy, value addition and seek marketing opportunities within Africa and beyond (SDG Targets 2.3, 9.3, 17.11)
• Pursue pragmatic measures to remove bottlenecks along the entire supply chain of exports, including addressing port capacity issues, transport links, finance, trade facilitation, port and market access issues
• (SDG Targets 17.10, 17.12)
• Restructure the operations of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and implement the National Export Strategy (SDG Target 17.11)
• Pursue the objectives of ECOWAS, including the rapid establishment of an ECOWAS regional market
• Promote the effective implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) and remove bottlenecks (SDG Targets 2.b, 17.10, 17.12)
• Facilitate the adoption and implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) (SDG Target 17.12)
• Pursue the objectives of the African Union (AU) and create the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) (SDG Target 17.12)
• Pursue measures to take full advantage of multilateral trade agreements such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) initiative of the US government, and the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (SDG Target 17.10)
• Provide support to stakeholder organizations in export promotion
o Exploring and expanding local and external markets for cultural goods and services and creating a niche for indigenous cultural products from the sub region and the continent
o Facilitating access to credit
o Supporting sub regional festivals, art fairs and other artist’s programmes to raise the profile of cultural products on the world cultural scene
Website of the policy/measure, if available:
What are the results achieved so far through the implementation of the policy/measure?:
• Strong framework, regulations and institutions for promoting Ghanaian culture
• Good appreciation of national culture
• Good governance regime for emerging areas in the creative and cultural industries
Financial resources allocated to the policy/measure in USD:
About USD $172,491.078.82 in 2019
Partner(s) engaged in the implementation of the measure:
| Name of partner | Type of entity |
|---|---|
Artists Alliance Gallery
| Private Sector
|
Ghana Culture Forum comprising 88+ artistic groups and associations
| Civil Society Organization (CSO)
|
• Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture
| Public Sector
|
• Ministry of Trade and Industry
| Public Sector
|
• Ministry of Finance
| Public Sector
|
• Ministry of Business Development
| Public Sector
|
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
| Public Sector
|
Has the implementation of the policy/measure been evaluated?:
YES
If yes, what are the main conclusions/recommendations?:
Government’s obligations to protect the flow of cultural goods and services should be integrated/factored into the domains of action of the following treaties and agreements:
• ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET)
• AU Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)
• African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
• EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) should be restructured to optimize its operational efficiency, improve the supply-side capacity of Ghanaian firms, strengthen links between industrial and trade policies, improve conditions of trade infrastructure, regularize unauthorized entry and exit routes, promote the consumption of made-in-Ghana products and adopt substitution strategies where feasible.