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 […]

Efforts by our Anti-Corruption grant partner Global Media Alliance –  Happy 98.9 FM to sensitize and demystify the perception that the sports administration in Ghana is engulfed in corruption, has been recognized by the GFA’s Normalization Committee. This was made known after host of Happy FM’s morning sports show ‘Anopa Bosuo Sports’, Ohene Bampoe Brenya, was mentioned to be […]

The Ghana Philanthropy Forum (GPF), a non-profit making organisation in Ghana has honoured Ibrahim-Tanko Amidu, Programme Director of STAR Ghana with an ‘Outstanding Development Personality Award 2018’ in recognition of his extensive capabilities in the development and execution of national development projects and his immense support in strengthening civil society. The Forum also recognised Christian Aid for its notable act […]

STAR Ghana in Partnership with the Ghana CSO Platform on the SDGs, the Graphic Communication Group and ten CSOs in the ten regions of Ghana including the Presbyterian Health Service of Ghana, ANSKET, the BAOBAB Market (led by the GDCA), AHEFS, ARII, BANGO, Coalition of NGOs on Health (led by HERO Network), PRONET and Omega […]

Hon. Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, MP for Ho West and a member of the STAR-Ghana steering committee, has launched the new STAR Ghana Foundation in the Volta region of Ghana. At the launch event at the Freedom Hotel in the regional capital of Ho, Hon. Bedzrah asked citizens to be concerned with issues that affect their […]

Active citizenship in a changing Ghana: context, challenges and opportunities Inaugural lecture on November 13, 2019, to mark the launch of STAR Ghana Foundation delivered by Charles Abugre, Executive Director of TAMA Foundation Universal and former CEO of Savannah Accelerated Development Agency (SADA) ‘I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens building […]

The STAR Ghana Foundation, a Ghanaian owned non-profit organisation has been launched in Accra, Ghana. As a Ghanaian-led, independent organisation, STAR Ghana Foundation is an example of Ghana going beyond dependence on aid, supporting locally-grown solutions to advance Ghana’s development and contributing to sustainable and inclusive change. The STAR Ghana Foundation builds on the successful […]

The STAR-Ghana programme was established as a multi-donor pooled funding mechanism in 2010 supported by UK aid, DANIDA, the EU and the USAID (2010-2015). Since then, STAR-Ghana has supported 233 grant partner organisations to articulate citizens’ concerns to the state, resulting in positive changes to policy, services and practice. These positive changes have translated into […]

The STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF), to be launched in November 2018, is a national centre for active citizenship and philanthropy. The Foundation works to strengthen civil society and enable citizens to engage with the state to ensure accountable, transparent and responsive governance at both local and national levels (see the Foundation’s Vision & Mission Statement in Section 2 below). […]

STAR-Ghana is implementing a non-grant strategy to enhance civil society sustainability. The objective of the strategy is to advance the sustainability of civil society organisations with regard to their legitimacy and mandate, organisational competencies and financial resources. Sustainability in this sense entails reforms and shifts in the way civil society organisations are doing business. Some […]

STAR-Ghana has been awarded for its contribution of funding, partnership and commitment towards the Justice for All Programme (JFAP) and the Reformation of the Criminal Justice System in Ghana. This was at an awards dinner in Accra organised by the Judicial Service of Ghana, in collaboration with the POS Foundation and DANIDA to mark the […]

Citizen representatives of the Asunafo North Municipal Assembly – majority of whom are women and people with various forms of disability (PWDs) have been sensitized on the local governance system and their role in the governance process. The training forms part of activities of the implementation of the local governance and accountability project (LOGAP) under […]

The third in the series of STAR-Ghana’s national convenings on the sustainability of Ghana’s Civil Society has begun in the capital city of the Western Region of Ghana, Takoradi. The event, organised in collaboration with the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), forms part of STAR-Ghana’s series of convenings with the broader range of stakeholders […]

CLOSING STATEMENT AT THE “GHANA BEYOND AID” FORUM HELD ON 19TH AND 20TH SEPTEMBER 2018 AT BOLGATANGA BY ESTHER OFEI-ABOAGYE, CHAIRPERSON, STAR-GHANA STEERING COMMITTEE STAR Ghana is delighted to have been associated with this important event. The notion of “Ghana Beyond Aid” and what that involves and implies for national development generally, and Northern Ghana in particular, was […]

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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 […]

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 […]