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3. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES
3.1 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment
Please see IR5
3.2 Sustainability Mechanisms
Emphasis is placed on: Involvement of relevant government officials in project planning and implementation to ensure
continuity. Continued capacity building and development of local stakeholders and partners will greatly assist
project sustainability. HM leveraged existing partnerships and good relationship with local authorities in the Western region
during field activity implementation. Opportunities for tailoring interventions to support implementation of district MTDPS and spatial plans were explored with beneficiary district assemblies
and regional coordinating councils. Furthermore, hiring of local leaders from fishing communities for data collection has fostered improved communication and buy-in of fisher folks into project objectives
refer to success story below.
SpS has actively involved people from the communities and the district assemblies as field officers who assisted in data collection and in the data analysis. It is envisaged that this process of local
involvement will create ownership for the project and it sustenance will be on a sound footing.
3.3 Environmental Compliance
All training documents and training curricula were reviewed to ensure that they were environmentally sound. The points outlined in the mitigation measures were also strictly followed. CEWEFIA has also
monitored the activities of the MSMEs. The monitoring revealed that some MSMEs were using the safety measures they acquired from the training.
The environmental compliance officer visited some of the sites selected by partners and women beneficiaries for construction of demonstration stoves. Were a few problems with site selection as
noted below and partners are being re-trained and reminded of environmental mitigation measures required in the EMMP.
To ensure that environmental compliance measures are in place, CEWEFIA in collaboration with the Environmental Compliance Officer Hen Mpoano visited the sites where the construction and
renovation of the smokers would be done. The Project team visited Moree on 5th September 2015, Elmina on 31st August 2015 and Anlo on 31st August 2015. In Moree, the site proved not to be
environmentally feasible and therefore a new site is being looked out for, to enable CEWEFIA to construct a demonstration oven for the women. Elmina and Anlo sites meet the Site Selection Criteria
and were approved by the Environmental Compliance Officer. Construction of the improved smoking ovens is ongoing in Elmina. The compliance officer ensured that all safety and health measures were
followed.
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3.4 Global Climate Change
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