STAR-Ghana in partnership with Humentum (formerly known as MANGO), a consortium partner of the STAR-Ghana programme has organised a financial management training for some selected Grant Partners of the STAR-Ghana programme.  The training was informed by due diligence assessments of partners under the Anti-corruption and Local Governance Calls of the programme STAR-Ghana conducted due diligence of its […]

STAR-Ghana in collaboration with the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), TAMA Foundation and the Northern Development Authority (NDA) held the Northern Sector edition of a high-level conference on Ghana Beyond Aid in Bolgatanga. The two-day conference which brought together the academia, Civil Society Organizations, Regional Ministers, Municipal and District Chief Executives, traditional and religious leaders […]

The STAR-Ghana Programme Management Team (PMT) converged at the Beige Village, New Abirem in the Eastern region of Ghana for a 3-day team retreat. The purpose of the retreat was to review and revise the programme’s work plan and budget for the 2018/2019 calendar year and build a shared understanding within the team about what’s […]

Community Volunteers and administrators of the major Government hospitals in the Tamale Metro of the Northern Region of Ghana have been trained to use short messaging services (SMS) on their mobile phones to report and respond to issues affecting service delivery in the respective hospitals. The training was organized by Centre for Active Learning and […]

The Executive Director of the Afrobarometer, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, has bemoaned governance practices in the Fourth Republic where government business has become virtually inseparable from party political business. He has also expressed strong disapproval over the practice of government and party functionaries doubling as board chairpersons and chief executive officers of public institutions. Speaking at […]

Policy analyst with the Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr Steve Manteaw has urged government to consolidate funding of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) from the oil revenue with that of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) into a common Fund in respect of education in Ghana. In his view, such a mechanism would […]

STAR-Ghana in collaboration with Daily Graphic, CDD-Ghana, SDG – Civil Society Platform Ghana, Joy Fm and Citi Fm held a National Dialogue on Education on Wednesday 15th August 2018 at the Kofi Annan ICT Center, Ridge, Accra. The dialogue was on the theme: “Unpacking the double-track system: Implications for sustainable financing and prospects for educational […]

STAR-Ghana is organising an audio-visual competition for its GESI and Media Small Grant partners. This is to provide a platform through story telling using videos, audios and photography for its partners to showcase results achieved and innovations tested in the implementation of their projects. The scope of the competition is for grant partners to produce […]

STAR-Ghana has trained community members and duty bearers in northern Ghana to adopt and use SMS on a broad-spectrum platform to give alerts on cases of suspected corruption within their operational areas. The SMS platform for anti-corruption gives participants the opportunity to use appropriate channels to give alerts on cases of suspected corruption. The operating system will […]

Grant Partners of the STAR-Ghana Anti-Corruption Call (Grant Partners) have dialogued with members of the Ghana Chapter of African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC). The engagement which took place at Tomreik Hotel in Accra from 27th -29th June 2018, explored linkages between Anti-Corruption Call Partners’ (Civil Society Organisations) work and Parliament (APNAC). This was at a three-day […]

Participants in a forum on the Right to Information Bill (RTI) are calling for a review of the clause in the bill that exempts information from the Presidency before the bill is passed into law. They observed that even though there was sustained pressure for the much-awaited bill to be passed into law, the exemptions […]