The Western Regional Peace Council’s (WRPC) Secretariat was set up in September 2013 after the Regional Executive Secretary and Administrative Manager were posted to the Region.

The Secretariat, which has one office with an attached conference room, is located on the first floor of the Western Regional Coordinating Council. The office is directly beneath the Regional Minister’s office.

The Secretariat currently has three permanent staff, that is, the Regional Executive Secretary as the Head of the Secretariat, the Programme Manager and the Administrative Manager. An Accountant is on secondment to the Council.

In July, 2014, the first batch of a 13-Member Regional Peace Council was inaugurated and sworn into office and when their four-year tenure of office expired in June 2018, the second batch was inaugurated and sworn into office in November, 2018.

The work of the Regional Peace Council initially covered 22 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), but increased to 23 MMDAs with the creation of Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly in 2017.

In spite of the creation of the Western North Region which has reduced the coverage area of the Western Region to 14 MMDAs, the Western Regional Peace Council still has oversight responsibility over the rest of the 9 MMDAs at Western North Region. It is expected that, members of the Western North Regional Peace Council will be constituted to take over the 9 MMDAs when an office is opened at Western North Region.

The Regional Peace Council since its establishment, has worked and continue to work to ensure sustainable peace in the Western/Western North Regions.

Key among its achievements include:

• The institutionalization of peace education in Senior High/Technical Schools in the Region.
• Organization of peace education on radio, Churches, Mosques and public gatherings such as, community, social and political.
• Capacity building on conflict prevention, management and resolution for traditional, religious, political, youth and women leaders and groups in the Region.
• The resolution of religious, chieftaincy, land and communal disputes.