A Swedish delegation comprising officials from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board, the Swedish Trade Council, Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and Swedfund (the Swedish Fund for Industrial Cooperation with Developing Countries) is to visit Ghana on 18-20 April.

The purpose of the visit is to broaden and deepen trade cooperation between Sweden and Ghana and to begin negotiations on a bilateral agreement on the mutual promotion and protection of investment. In conjunction with the visit, issues concerning social and environmental responsibility will be discussed with Swedish companies on the basis of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.