GHANACOOP

Date Shared:

Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 16:30

Title:

GHANACOOP

Countries and areas:

Ghana, Italy

Partner(s):

• Ghana Nationals Association, which represents all the Ghanaian migrants residing in the Province of Modena (around 400 people); • Arcadia social cooperative, which studied and realized the process of start-up of Ghanacoop and participate with it, in the Oltrelab Cooperative Joint Group; • Emil Banca, which is a cooperative credit institution situated in Bologna (Italy) is a non- permanent member of Ghanacoop. COGNAI, the National Council of the Ghanaian associations in Italy,representing about 40,000 Ghanaian migrants is also partner of Ghanacoop.

Thematic Area:

Diasporas

Tags:

Sustainable Development , Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement, Diaspora Investment and Entrepreneurship, Local Development, Livelihoods and Job Creation

Summary:

Ghanacoop is a social cooperative promoting the competences of Ghanaian migrants residing in the Province of Modena, Italy. The cooperative was created through IOM's Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA) programme, which supports migrant diasporas wishing to invest in their country through skills transfer and new enterprises,

The Ghanaian diaspora have partnered with local government and local business to set up agrarian cooperatives back home, which in turn trade their produce with the community in Italy.

Ghanacoop project is born with a reciprocity purpose, aiming to involve Ghanaian migrants as active agents of their own economic and social development within the community in which they live and their communities of origin in Ghana.

GFMD Source:

GFMD 2012 - Report of Summit Proceedings

Link:

https://www.iom.int/migrant-stories/when-investment-not-just-about-econo...