Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 38 awareness and generating public interest in and ownership of the policies pursued in the sub-region on behalf of Ghanaians by government. • Border procedures must be modernised by the use of passport scanning machines and border patrols should be established to monitor and police national frontiers, in addition to close collaboration between the police and internal security agents on the exchange of information, staff exchange and training courses. • To improve the agencies' role in the implementation of regional integration there is the need for capacity building to cover not only the top ranking officers but also the lower ranks who are actually on the field. There is also the need for change of attitude in the agencies in relation to issues of regional integration. • It is crucial to have a ministry of its own, with a cabinet-level minister in charge of the implementation of Ghana's regional integration policies. The incorporation of the ministry of regional integration into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has led and continues to lead to second-rating issues of regional integration compared to the broader foreign policy of Ghana. • Finally, Parliament must take its oversight role in regional integration more seriously. It is not enough for Parliament to ratify ECOWAS protocols but more so to ensure that the executive implements its regional integration obligations adequately and effectively.