Program Description: E-LEEP Ghana 2011

The Emerging Leaders’ Extraction and Environment Program (E-LEEP) will be hosted by University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana in July, 2011 as part of a joint arrangement between the University of Ghana and Duquesne University, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department. Its overarching purpose is to train emerging young leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors in strategies for handling the complex societal, economic and environmental challenges which arise from the extraction of natural resources.

E-LEEP in the press.

Our coursework and lectures will include:
  • Ghana – Political and governance history from independence to present
  • Ghana – The people and Socio-cultural setting
  • Overview of Extractive Industries in Ghana 
  • Institutional and Legal Framework for Extractive Industries Oil and Gas 
  • Industry in Ghana (including downstream e.g. salt mining, etc. and upstream industries e.g. bunkering, refinery)  
  • Fisheries Sector: Aquaculture and associated environmental impacts 
  • Forestry Sector / Mangrove extraction / Wildlife
  • Charcoal production in forested and northern areas of Ghana
  • The Mining Sector including small scale mining (Galamsey)  
  • Sand and stone quarrying including Salt mining
  • Social aspects of extractive industries – overview
  • Week Long Field Trip: Kakum National park, Elmina Castle, Busua beach resort, Obuasi / Tarkwa, Aburi, Akosombo, Dodi Island, Ada Songhor salt mines, Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), tema harbor, and other mining, cultural, and national heritage sites
  • Music, dance and drama 
  • Artistic impressions – paintings etc. 
  • Ghana – Festivals and funerals 
  • Environmental aspects of extractive industries – overview
  • Energy generation and usage in Ghana: Economics of energy usage, Environmental concerns, Social concerns 
  • The Akosombo Dam: Environmental impacts, Social impacts 
  • The lower Volta communities impacted by the Dam: Lessons for the Bui Dam project 
  • The Aboadze thermal plant 
  • West Africa Gas pipeline and associated impacts
  • Overview of Biodiversity of Ghana: Fauna, Flora
  • Role of Universities / Research Institutions in environmental training, extension and monitoring of extractive industries
  • Gender in environmental management
  • Role of women in the socio-cultural & political setting of Ghana
  • Environmental best practices in Ghana
  • The Business of environmental management in Ghana: Zoomlion, Recycling companies e.g. Blowplast, Waste to energy: e.g. Biogas, Seawater desalination for potable water provision
  • Home stay weekend with Ghanaian families
  • Ghana’s role among the community of nations: The United Nations, African Union, ECOWAS
  • Panel presentations on extractive industries: CBO/ NGO/ Traditional Authority/Print and Electronic Media, ISODEC, FOE, CRC, URI, ICFG, Conservation International, WACAM
  • Group work on presentations (press in attendance)
Travel Map  (all highlighted locations will be visited except the Aboadze Thermal Plant)



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