Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 135 Customs, Excise and Preventive Service; Ghana Immigration Service; the Ghana Police Service among others. In collaboration with the Ministry of Regional Cooperation and NEPAD, intensive and countrywide sensitisation of Agencies whose operations had an impact on the movement of persons and goods was carried out. This produced positive results then, as officials became active facilitators, thereby projecting Ghana's commitment to the integration process. The Ministry of Regional Cooperation and NEPAD has since been transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response to the non or poor implementation of the ETLS, especially by the UEMOA countries, AGI had advocated for its Government to institute bilateral agreements between Ghana and any of the UEMOA member countries that would agree to a bilateral implementation of the ETL scheme pending an ECOWAS wide application of the Scheme. This was endorsed by the MRCN which facilitated the institution of Bilateral Meetings between Ghana and Burkina Faso on one hand, and Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire on the other. Selected AGI members actively participated in two major meetings held with Burkina Faso in October 2003(Ouagadougou) and July 2004 (Bolgatanga). Agreement has been reached with Burkina Faso on implementing the Scheme; and that of Cote d'Ivoire is receiving active and positive consideration, having been adversely affected by political developments in that country. AGI worked closely with MOTI and its implementing agency, the Ghana Export Promotion Council(GEPC) to undertake a market study in the sub-region in order to identify export opportunities for Ghanaian products. This resulted in the institution of the Made-in-Ghana Solo Exhibitions. AGI and GEPC, under the auspices of MOTI have organised Solo Exhibitions in the various ECOWAS countries since August 2002: • Burkina Faso: 5 Exhibitions: July 2002; November 2003; August 2004; June 2005; July 2007 • Sierra Leone: 4 Exhibitions: March 2004; April 2005; April 2006; December 2007 • Benin: 2 Exhibitions: October 2003; November 2005 • Mali: 1Exhibition: July 2003 • Liberia: 2 Exhibitions,(the first in 1998 was organized on the sole initiative of AGI); October 2006. • Cote d'Ivoire: Two initiatives had to be aborted due to the prevailing political situation. AGI participated in a Fair on Subcontracting Partnerships.(DATE) AGI and GEPC have advocated the establishment of trading houses in these and other ECOWAS countries to ensure the continuous presence of Ghanaian products in these markets. These would complement the presence of agencies established by some of the AGI participants in the Solo Exhibitions. The Ministry responded and started the process of incorporating a company Ghana Export Trade Company Ltd(GEXTRACO) to initiate and manage the trading houses. This has since been