GrEEn helps address the root causes of irregular migration by supporting sustainable and climate resilient local economies, green jobs and development in regions of departure, transit and return. The project also aims to create local financial ecosystems that facilitate the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and enable the transition of local economies to green and climate resilient development. The GrEEn project, now in its third year of implementation has just released the Year 2 GrEEn Progress report available here.

In all, a total of 381 community members have been recruited for Cash for Work activities under the GrEEn project, where they earn a daily minimum wage to provide unskilled labour in the construction of their community’s climate resilient project.

This latest report covers all activities undertaken during Year 2 of the GrEEn Project, i.e. from 19 December 2020 to 31 December 2021 and presents detailed information on progress achieved towards each of the GrEEn Project’s results and outputs. It further reports on activities related to programme management and administration, and communications and visibility initiatives and details specific challenges encountered and mitigation measures implemented, along with lessons learned for future implementation.

The Year 2 GrEEn Progress report is available here; Standards and procedures for the Cash for Work approach are available in the Cash for Work Guidelines

Next Steps:

In its third year of implementation, the GrEEn project is providing further support to existing districts as well as covering four more districts in the Ashanti and Western Regions making a total of 10 local government authorities. The new districts coming on board in Year 3 are Nzema East and Jomoro Municipal districts in the Western Region and the Skyere Kumawu and the Offinso Municipal districts in the Ashanti Region.

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