Office of Security Cooperation (OSC)
Contact Information
Official Address:
Main Entrance
No. 24 Fourth Circular Road
Cantonments, Accra
Tel: +(233)(21) 741000
Fax:+(233)(21) 741497
Email:vangtc@state.gov
The mission of the Office of Security Cooperation is to enhance the long-term bilateral defense relationship between Ghana and the United States. We accomplish this by managing several programs under the Security Assistance umbrella. These include International Military Education and Training (IMET); and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF). We also manage several Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA) projects as well as serve as the principal U.S. Embassy liaison for the State Partnership Program (SPP) and the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program. Finally, we have management responsibility of the Exercise Reception Facility (ERF) on Accra Air Base.
There are currently two U.S. Army officers assigned to the office. The OSC Chief serves as the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) Strategic Plans and Policy representative for cooperative security assistance to the Country Team. The Bilateral Affairs Officer oversees Mil-to-Mil and SPP events and acts as the ACOTA LNO. The three FSN's are responsible for the day to day management of specific functional areas.