Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Ghana

The core functions of the Ministry revolve around its mandate to ensure that the ministry achieves its vision and mission. The core functions may change slightly over time depending on changes in Government functions. However, the activities to be implemented by the Ministry are derived from these functions.

The specific core functions of the Ministry, its Departments and Agencies (MDAs) include:

• Provision of leadership and guidance for the environment, science and technology within the broad sector of the economy through sound policy formulation and implementation;
• Ensuring the establishment of regulatory framework and setting of standards to govern the activities of science and technology and the management of the environment for sustainable development.
• Promotion of activities needed to underpin the standards and policies required for planning and implementation of sound scientific and technological development activities.
• Ensuring the Coordination, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of activities of Environment, Science and technology while fulfilling national benefits-sharing commitments.
• Setting out the parameters required for programmes on environment, science, technology and human settlement in consultation with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) in guiding the Districts Assemblies as planning authority at the local level.
• Analyzing and coordinating all planned programmes as well as budgets in the environment, science and technology sector of the economy for purposes of achieving a single integrated management system;
• Initiating, simulating and coordinating research including the continuous development and review of policies, laws, rules and regulations in the environment, science and technology sector of the economy.