A three-day training Workshop on the Ghana Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project ( GUMAP) aimed to build the capacities of stakeholders and beneficiary Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area ( GAMA) on traffic planning and management has taken place.
The training served as a tool to collect data and information, afford the opportunity to assess where technical assistance will be needed on the project and invest in pilot projects.
The Ghana Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project is a six Million USD financed by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) being implemented by the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD).
The Project's overall objective is to improve accessibility and mobility in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). GUMAP is focused on capacity building, institutional strengthening and limited investment measures.
The beneficiaries under the Project include the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executives (GAPTE), six MMAs (Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Tema Metropolitan Assembly, Ga West Municipal Assembly, Ga Central Municipal Assembly, Ga East Municipal Assembly and La-Nkwantanang Madina Assembly), Head Office of the Department of Urban Roads (DUR) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
The implementation of GUMAP started in 2016 and is expected to end by December 2023.
Source: PUBLIC RELATIONS (MLGDRD)