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 […]

Introduction STAR Ghana Foundation is a national centre for active citizenship and philanthropy.  It works to strengthen civil society and enable citizens to engage with the state to ensure accountable, transparent and responsive governance at all levels of governance.  STAR Ghana Foundation builds on the successful STAR-Ghana programme, a multi-donor funded (DFID, EU and DANIDA) […]

STAR Ghana Foundation as part of its convening, catalyst and coordinating role has in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) initiated a project dubbed `Legislative Watch`. The project will partner selected regional level Civil Society Organizations to systematically engage and bridge the interests of citizens and Parliament – as a representative body, […]

STAR Ghana Foundation has organized two stakeholder consultative meetings on Thursday 11th July and Tuesday 16th July 2019 in Tamale and Accra respectively. The aim of the consultation was to share information on the purpose and strategy of a proposed Elections 2020 Call with key stakeholders and collate inputs from same to inform the design of the […]

The Leadership of the Parliament of Ghana, with support from STAR Ghana Foundation has scheduled a Public Forum on the theme: ‘Broadening citizens’ engagement in participatory democracy – The Role of Parliament’. The Forum is scheduled for Thursday 1ST August 2019 and will be held at the D.F. Annan Auditorium within the premises of Parliament at 2pm. The forum will be […]

ARAP Ghana – Accountability, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme, as part of its Mid Term Evaluation has engaged the STAR Ghana Programme Management Team and some partners of STAR-Ghana, representing: civil society, the media, and Parliament of Ghana in Accra to assess the impact of the programme. The debrief workshop, held on Friday 5th […]