STAR-Ghana in partnership with Humentum (formerly known as MANGO), a consortium partner of the STAR-Ghana programme has organised a financial management training for some selected Grant Partners of the STAR-Ghana programme.  The training was informed by due diligence assessments of partners under the Anti-corruption and Local Governance Calls of the programme

STAR-Ghana conducted due diligence of its partners beginning April to June 2018 to assess prospective grant partners’ capacity on financial management. The assessment established some capacity gaps that existed within some organizations.

The areas of concern included but not limited to financial planning, financial monitoring and reporting, internal controls and audit management. The training was attended by one programme officer and one finance officer from each of the selected organizations.

The purpose of the training was to strengthen the capacity of participants in financial management which will directly support partners to meet STAR-Ghana’s requirements for financial management and for the financial sustainability of the selected organizations beyond STAR-Ghana’s support.

The training – wholly participatory and activity based, focussed on the key principles and concepts of financial management, financial planning, accounting records, financial monitoring, and internal control systems.

Participants expressed their appreciation of the content of the training and embraced the opportunity to have financial accompanier who will be deployed by STAR-Ghana to provide further support in the course of their respective project implementation.

The event was organised in three different locations across the country: from the 18^th to the 26^th of September 2018. Specifically:  18^th – 20^th Accra, 24^th – 26^th Ho and Kumasi concurrently.  A total of 64 participants from 32 grantees participated in the training which was facilitated by two (2) Associates of Humentum with support from the Gender Equality and Capacity Building workstream of STAR-Ghana.