However, to be able to appreciate the level of investment opportunities in the Region and the challenges, this blue print is being prepared by the Regional Co-ordinating Council to provide ways of marketing the investment potentials of the Region, highlight her contribution to national development, unearth the strengths, as well as examine the crucial development challenges and recommend some perspectives on the way forward

The Western Region is one of the ten (10) Administrative Regions of Ghana.  It was carved out of the Western province in the early 1960s. Section 140 of the Local Government Act, 1993, Act 462 also established the Regional Co-ordinating Council with the main functions of co-ordinating, monitoring and evaluating the activities of sector departments within its jurisdiction with the view of improving the lives of the people through the provision of better social and economic infrastructure and services.

The Western Region is situated in the South-Western part of Ghana between latitudes 50N and 300N and longitudes 30W and 320W.  It covers a total land area of 23,921sq km forming about 10 percent of the total size of the country’s land mass.  It is bordered on the North by Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions, East by Central Region and West by La Cote d’ Ivoire.  The Southern part is bordered by the Gulf of Guinea stretching to about 192km.