Since 2008, a municipal partnership has existed between the city of Bonn and the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, the capital of the Central Region and the Cape Coast Municipal District of Ghana. The city of Bonn is also part of the regional partnership North Rhine-Westphalia - Ghana. Since 2011, the focus has been on the climate partnership. The city partnership participates in various multi-year donor-funded projects on reforestation, waste management, environmental education and on exchange of experts. In addition, there are cooperations with NGOs, science as well as international city networks.