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 […]

STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF) 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 both national and local levels. The Foundation intends to implement a programme of support for civil society actions focusing on […]

In October 2017, STAR Ghana launched an Anti-Corruption Call aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of citizens’ actions against corruption through the provision of among others: grants and technical support. The Call was divided into three components – small grants, innovative alliances, and strategic level policy influencing. STAR Ghana subsequently awarded approximately  GH¢14,058,503.81 to 33 partners […]

The National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NaCCA) and LeadAfrique International have organized a national stakeholders’ meeting in Accra on Monday 24th June 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to share the progress of work on the `Basics in Integrity education` project with key stakeholders and elicit feedback. The `Basics in Integrity education` is a Lead Afrique project, working in […]

Development Partners’ Heads of Cooperation (HoC) Group in Ghana, under the leadership of Philip Smith – Chair of Heads of Cooperation Group and DFID Country Director, have embarked on a study tour of the Northern Region of Ghana. The purpose was to explore and abreast themselves with the development challenges in Northern Ghana in the […]

The vice president of the Republic of Ghana, H.E.  Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has opened the maiden Northern Ghana Development Conference in the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale. Speaking at the event held at the Tamale City campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS), the Vice President commended the Regional Ministers of the five regions […]

The Governing Council and Programme Management Team of STAR Ghana Foundation congratulates Rebecca Teiko Sabah and Nicholas Ayensu-Appiah: Head of Programmes, and Grants & Due Diligence Manager of STAR Ghana respectively, on their induction as Members of the Institute of Directors Ghana (IOD-GH). This was at a colourful ceremony held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra on […]