Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Address

Headquarter Address: 

P.O.BOX M326 MINISTRIES POST OFFICE
Accra
Ghana

Phone: 

+233(0)302-664697/8, 662465, 667524

Fax: 

+233(0)302 662690
Description

Main Geographic Focus: 

ECOWAS Country

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Mission

EPA seeks to:

  • Create awareness to mainstream environment into the development process at the national, regional, district and community levels;

  • Ensure that the implementation of environmental policy and planning are integrated and consistent with the country’s desire for effective, long-term maintenance of environmental quality;

  • Ensure environmentally sound and efficient use of both renewable and nonrenewable resources in the process of national development;

  • Guide development to prevent, reduce, and as far as possible, eliminate pollution and actions that lower the quality of life;

  • To apply the legal processes in a fair, equitable manner to ensure responsible environmental behaviour in the country;

  • Continuously improve EPA’s performance to meet changing environmental trends and community aspirations;

  • Encourage and reward a commitment by all EPA staff to a culture based on continuous improvement and on working in partnership with all members of the Ghanaian community

Type
Field of Expertise
  • Policy and Strategy

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