Mr Kwasi Adjei-Boateng, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has lauded STAR Ghana Foundation for its commitment and tenacity in building a niche and respected brand within the governance landscape of Ghana. “With almost a decade of working in Ghana, you have focused among other things on service delivery, popular participation, promotion of […]

STAR Ghana has convened an Anti-Corruption Learning Event in recognition of the critical importance of reflective learning in achieving transformational change. The event, which was held from Tuesday 19 to Wednesday 20 March 2019 in Accra, Ghana, had the purpose of creating spaces for sharing lessons and good practices among and between Grant Partners, Sister […]

The Parliamentary Select Committee of Local Government and Rural Development, with support from STAR Ghana is visiting 45 selected districts in six regions of the country as part of the Committee’s oversight responsibility. The Committee has a responsibility for following up on policy implementation and ensuring compliance with the distribution and allocation of resources at the local […]

STAR-Ghana and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) held a national conference on the `status of the Ghanaian woman` on Friday 8th March 2019, to commemorate the 2019 International Women’s Day (IWD) . The programme on the theme: “Balance for Better; Examining Progress and Prospects for Gender Equality in Ghana,” brought together […]

The STAR Ghana Foundation as part of its Convening, Coordinating, Catalysing and Learning roles has in collaboration with its grant partner, the Youth Empowerment for Life (YEfL) based in the Northern region of Ghana, facilitated an engagement between the Youth of Ghana and the Speaker of Ghana’s 7th Parliament under the 4th Republic, Rt.Hon. Professor Michael […]

Representatives of 175 Youth Parliamentarians from twenty-five (25) communities in five (5) districts of the Northern Region of Ghana namely Sagnarigu, Yendi, Saboba, Nanumba South and Nanumba North and other youth advocates have paid a visit to the offices of STAR Ghana Foundation today Wednesday 27th February 2019. The visit forms part of activities lined up […]

STAR Ghana Foundation is happy to announce Dr. Esther Ofei-Aboagye as the Foundation’s first Chairperson. Dr. Esther Ofei-Aboagye brings to the role, a long and distinguished association with civil society and national development. She has been a member of the erstwhile Steering Committee of the STAR-Ghana Programme since 2013 and chaired same from January 2018 […]

STAR-Ghana has tested the Cluster approach and Community of Practice and Learning (CoPL) as models for fostering collaboration among civil society actors for both practice learning and advocacy. These models are anchored on STAR-Ghana’s strategic documents, including the GESI Strategy and the Learning Framework, in the support of promoting active citizenry that is well informed […]

After two years of programme implementation, STAR-Ghana Phase 2 has made substantial progress in the rollout of key thematic grant calls, the ‘3C&L’ approach and Learning Framework (Communities of Practice and Learning – CoPL). It has successfully launched the STAR-Ghana Foundation in November 2018. The programme continues to support a wide range of strategic and […]

Participants in Cape Coast The Media Coalition on the Right To Information (RTI) Bill, represented by Parliamentary News Africa (PNAfrica), and with funding from Star Ghana Foundation, is currently on a tour of five regions to gunner support for the passage of the bill. The tour dubbed, Regional RTI Media Sensitization Workshops started on Monday in the […]

On Thursday 17th January 2019, the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences inducted into office, the 37th Council to steer the affairs of the nation’s premier learned body for a two-year term; from January 2019 to December 2020. The election of the new officers took place at the Academy’s 199th General Meeting of Fellows in December […]