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VISION

The vision of ATAG is to become a sustainable NGO, helping Ghana become a middle-income country by the year 2020 by providing cost-effective assistance to local artisans, enabling them to produce and deliver quality handicrafts that are marketable woldwide.

MISSION

Aid to Artisans Ghana is a local non-governmental organization that offers practical assistance to artisans in Ghana and works in partnerships to foster artistic traditions cultural vitality and community well being. Through training and collaboration in product development, production, marketing and business development, ATAG fosters sustainable economic and social benefits through employment creation and income generation for crafts people in an environmentally sensitive and culturally respectful manner.

OBJECTIVES

In achieving its purposes, ATAG is guided by the following objectives:

		To identify, expand and strengthen market linkages for the Ghanaian handicraft industry.
		To design and develop new and quality product lines in response to the market.
		To improve the technical assistance in business management skills and production capacity to crafts people producers and exporters.
		To develop and assist craftspeople, producers and exporters to access good quality raw materials, tools and credit, appropriate production techniques and technology.
		To build ATAG's capacity to deliver improved services on a sustainable basis.
		To build ATAG as a financially sustainable entity.
		To develop and strengthen linkages with relevant institutions to address the problems and issues faced by craftspeople, producers and exporters.

STRATEGIES

To support the Ghanaian Handicraft Industry in the production and delivery of marketable, quality handicrafts, ATAG works in the following core areas:

		Product Design and Development
		Business and Entrepreneurial Development Training
		Technology Development/Technical Training
		Market Development
		Provision of Consultancy Services