STAR Ghana Foundation, with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID), otherwise known as the UKAid, and the European Union (EU) has launched 26 projects under its Election 2020 Grant Call. The event, which witnessed the signing of grant documents was held at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra on Tuesday 26th November 2019. […]

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye has engaged representatives of key stakeholder groups on the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill at the Parliament of Ghana in Accra, today Monday 25th November 2019. The purpose of the engagement was to provide a platform for key stakeholders to appreciate the need for the […]

The Parliamentary Committee on Gender and Children, with support from STAR Ghana Foundation, is visiting some selected schools in five (5) regions of the country as part of the Committee’s oversight responsibility. The Committee has the responsibility of examining all matters relating to gender and children to ensure that issues concerning gender and children are […]

The Election Community of Practice and Learning (ECoPL) has organized a high-level stakeholders’ forum on the theme: The Constitutional Review Process, where are we? The event, which was held on Wednesday 30th October 2019 at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra was supported by STAR Ghana Foundation. Speaking on behalf of the Chairperson […]

A delegation of representatives of the Northern Development Authority and Regional Ministers of the Northern, North East, Savannah, Upper West and Upper East Regions with support from STAR Ghana Foundation have called on the vice president of the republic of Ghana, H.E. Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday 24th October 2019 at the Golden Jubilee House. […]

A 9-member European Union Election Observation Mission paid a Courtesy Call on the Programme Director /Acting Executive Director of STAR Ghana Foundation on Thursday, 19th September 2019, in Accra. The Mission, led by the Chief Observer Mr. Tamas Meszerics, was to follow up on recommendations made after the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. The discussions […]

The Education Committee of Parliament, with support from STAR Ghana Foundation and funding from the UKAid and EU has embarked on a working oversight visit to some selected senior high and technical schools in the Bono, Bono East, Ahafo, and Ashanti regions of Ghana. The Committee started its work on Monday 14th of October 2019 from […]

The Citizen Movement Against Corruption (CMAC) in collaboration with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has held a capacity building workshop aimed at promoting citizen participation, service delivery and improving revenue mobilization. The workshop, dubbed: Public Sector Watch Initiative (PSWI) was held in Accra on Friday 11th October 2019. This forms part of […]

STAR Ghana Foundation lends its support to a public lecture on the theme: “Aki@80 – Celebrating a Life of Academic Excellence, Public Service, Thought Leadership and Activism” in honour of Professor Akilagpa Sawyerr (Aki) who turned 80 in March 2019. The celebration – hosted by the Third World Network and the Institute of Demographic Governance, is organized around […]

The CSO Cluster on Decentralisation and Citizen’s Participation – a community of Civil Society Organizations in Ghana has called on the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to lay the Affirmative Action Bill (Gender Equality Law) before Parliament. A press statement released by the group opined that: “The passage of the Affirmative Action Bill will accelerate […]

STAR Ghana Foundation in collaboration with the Parliament of Ghana, the National Youth Authority of Ghana and the Youth Empowerment for Life (YEfL), together with other partners has organized a maiden National Conference of Youth Parliaments in Ghana. Under the office of the 1st Deputy Speaker and mandated by the Speaker of Parliament, the event […]