To promote and encourage Active Citizens’ engagement toward national development, an effective and seamless implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Law is required. This is according to Executive Director of STAR-Ghana Foundation, Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu. He told a gathering of the Civil Society representatives, public interest individuals and a cross-section of state institutions during a […]

More than 50 partner representatives of the Giving for Change (GfC) programme attended the opening session of the five-day partner learning and reflection meeting which has begun in Accra, Ghana.   The event which started on Monday 11 July 2022 will create a platform for the partners coming from Africa, Asia, and South America to reflect […]

Launched on 17 June 2021 in Ghana, the Giving for Change (GfC) programme seeks to transform the way development is done by promoting local giving as a strategy for achieving community-led development.   The programme is designed to strengthen local ownership, buy-in and rights claiming, challenging the notion that development is something that is “done to” communities […]

A Community Development Game Changer award has been conferred on the Executive Director of STAR-Ghana Foundation (SGF). Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu’s honour is in recognition of his contributions to Youth Development in the country, particularly, Northern Ghana. The award, organized by under the auspices of the National Youth Authority’s (NYA) Northern Regional Secretariat was held at Tamale […]

Despite the passage of the Right to Information Law in Ghana, administrative and bureaucratic bottlenecks coupled with the imposition of fees by public institutions and a seeming lack of awareness among the citizenry of the law and their rights to demand for information are among a host of challenges impeding access to public information and […]

Strengthening capacities for local resource mobilisation through Communities of Practice. The Giving for Change project, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks to promote development by recognizing the importance of domestic resources in increasing local ownership, and strengthening communities’ ability to claim entitlements. A key strategy of the project is the convening of Communities of […]

DATE: 19TH – 20TH JANUARY 2022 VENUE: KARAGA DISTRICT ASSEMBLY HALL Executive Summary and Background This report summarizes the key highlights and actions from the 2-day workshop on Mediation and Conflict Resolution organized for Community Monitors and other key stakeholders from 4 communities in the Karaga district where the CSSF project is being piloted. Following […]

STAR-Ghana Foundation (SGF) through its Conflict, Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) under the Regional Response Programme has developed a roadmap for coordinating advocacy on peace, security and stability in the regions of the north in Ghana. The one-year project was piloted and implemented in the five regions in the north with the objective of contributing […]

Civil Society Organizations in Ghana are pushing for a vibrant social enterprise sector with a robust policy and legal framework to promote an enabling environment. STAR-Ghana Foundation is leading actions and processes to promote a well-regulated and supported social enterprise sector able to unlock partnerships and capital for inclusive sustainable development. As the world moves […]

A DIALOGUE WITH THE HEALTH COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT IN PROMOTING HEALTH CARE The parliamentary oversight function is one of the cornerstones of democracy. Strengthened oversight of parliament is a critical factor in influencing an inclusive delivery of public goods and services. STAR-Ghana, for over 10 years has been supporting targeted Parliamentary Select Committees’ engagements with […]

STAR-Ghana Foundation with support from WACSI, in July, organized an Agenda Setting Workshop. This was a two-day workshop held in Tamale from the 22-23 July for the Northern zone Communities of Practice (CoP) made up of 10 organizations, and in Koforidua from 27-28 July for the southern zone communities of practice made up of 12 […]