International Development Grant
Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service
Project Number: CA-3-A030231001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $3,579,329.00
Start Date: August 17, 2000
End Date: March 17, 2010
Duration: 9.6 years
Project Description
This project supports technology development and training at the GRATIS (Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service) a Ghanaian foundation that promotes industrialization by developing and distributing appropriate technology to small- and medium-sized enterprises. GRATIS' development services many of which are targeted toward women small farmers and marginalized groups are expected to lead to income opportunities in poorer areas of Ghana particularly the north. As the project has ended all project activities have concluded.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (June 2010) include: (1) improved/new technologies for shea butter harvesting and extraction cassava production and fish drying introduced especially to women and to beneficiaries related to food security in rural northern Ghana; (2) training of over 3 000 persons in micro enterprise client-support services engineering skills improvement weaving and batik classes in most of the regional trade schools.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
GRATIS - Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Services
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP