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Ghana: Effective delivery of public services in the education sectorAfriMAP & OSIWA 15 December 2010 Ghana: Effective delivery of public services in the education sector was published in early December 2010. The research was conducted over several years by teams of researchers, teachers, members of teachers\' unions and experts on education in Ghana. Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey, President of Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), was responsible for the general leadership of the process assisted by Mme Hannah Araba Opoku Gyamfi, the Program administrative officer, and Theresa Tabi, the Program assistant, who were in charge of the coordination and the Research Secretariat. The report places focus on the fact that Ghana\'s education system was regarded as “a leader in African educational development”. However from the mid 1970s, the entire system went into a decline. Several education reform programmes have since then been introduced with the hope of restoring the high standards of service delivery characteristic of the early years of independence. The report states that although Ghana has both ratified the most important international treaties that include the right to education, it has not lived up to its reporting obligations under the international treaties, thus avoiding the opportunity to examine its own performance against these standards. The report assesses processes of data gathering and utilisation, strategic planning and implementation, financial and human resources management as well as development of Ghana\'s education sector. The report provides evidence of the two primary reasons for Ghana\'s failure to register strong and sustainable results in the education sector: lack of consistent policy implementation and funding.
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Ghana: Democracy and Political ParticipationAfriMAP and OSIWA 22 June 2007 Since civilian government was restored to Ghana in 1993, perhaps the country’s most notable achievement has been the progressive improvement of electoral management and the increasing acceptance of election results as fair by participants and observers alike. Oversight of governance by parliament and independent institutions has improved; participation of civil society in decision making has increased; and the independent media have flourished. These are the conclusions of this report, based on a year’s field research coordinated, with its companion volume Ghana: Justice Sector and the Rule of Law, by the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG). Nevertheless, there are important recommendations for action, including the need to ensure a greater level of independence for the Electoral Commission and to review the electoral system. In addition, the government should put in place a clear and overarching policy of openness in government.
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Ghana: Justice Sector and the Rule of LawAfriMAP and OSIWA 22 June 2007 An important new report on the Ghanaian government’s performance in ensuring respect for the rule of law and access to justice for all, this assessment, based on a year’s field research by a Ghanaian civil society team, gives Ghana a broadly positive evaluation but highlights numerous areas for action. The report recognises the entrenchment of the rule of law that has taken place since Ghana’s 1992 constitution provided the basis for a restored civilian government. However, serious challenges remain. Among the key recommendations for action are a constitutional review to address a number of recommendations that have been made to reduce the role of the executive in judicial appointments, strengthen constitutional oversight institutions and remove the impunity from prosecution for human rights violations given to members of former military regimes. The report, with its companion volume, Ghana: Democracy and Political Participation, was researched and written under the supervision of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG).
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Ghana and the APRM: A Critical AssessmentAfriMAP and OSIWA 21 June 2007 This review of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) self-assessment process in Ghana outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the process. Among the strengths are the independence of the Governing Council and the quality of the institutions that carried out the research for the self assessment report. Among the weaknesses are that there was no real way for those who were consulted for the process to see how their inputs were used in the final submission made by the government to the APRM Panel of Eminent Persons. The report makes recommendations for the monitoring of the APRM programme of action adopted in Ghana, and draws out lessons for other countries. Ghana was among the first set of countries to sign the Memorandum of Understanding establishing the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), and the first to complete the peer review, when President John Kufuor defended his government’s record before the heads of state of the other participating countries in January 2006.
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Ghana: Effective delivery of public services in the education sector - Discussion Paper
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Launch of Ghana Education Report 14 July 2011 The report "Effective Delivery of Public Services: Focus on Education” for Ghana was launched on June 22, 2011 in Accra. The public launch took place at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Auditorium and was attended by over sixty participants. Participants included school heads, education officials, representatives of teachers’ unions, members of parliament and representatives of civil society. The report was officially launched by the Deputy Minister of Education, more... |
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| Validation workshop on the effective delivery of public services - education in Ghana 02 July 2009 The non-governmental organization Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) that is leading the AfriMAP research in Ghana hosted a workshop on July 2 in Accra for the validation of report on the effective delivery of public services - education. Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Education, professors, representatives of teachers' unions, representatives of students' unions, representatives of development assistance partners more... |
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Launch of AfriMAP research reports on Ghana 22 June 2007 In another event scheduled during the summit period, AfriMAP, the Institute for Democratic Governance and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA, the Open Society Institute's west Africa grant-making foundation) jointly launched two AfriMAP reports on the state of governance in Ghana. Emmanuel Akwetey, director of IDEG, and his team led and managed the research process for the production of two detailed reports on the functioning of the justice sector and the rule of law, more... |
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Launch of AfriMAP assessment of Ghana APRM process 21 June 2007 Also in advance of the AU summit, AfriMAP launched a report (available here) on the conduct of the African Peer Review Mechanism process in Ghana, and in particular the extent to which the process involved the real participation of civil society and the wider society. The launch was organised in collaboration with Abantu for Development and was chaired by legendary Ghanaian author and playwright Ama more... |
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| Ghana validation workshop 01 May 2007 On 1 May 2007, the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), AfriMAP's civil society partner in Ghana, hosted a validation workshop to discuss the findings and conclusions of the AfriMAP Ghana reports on the justice sector and the rule of law and on political participation and democracy. Around 30 representatives of civil society gave up their Labour day holiday to identify the main issues, point out gaps in the reports and, most importantly, agree on the main recommendations that should be made more... |
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Ghana AfriMAP roundtable October 2005 On 20-22 October 2005, the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) held a two-day roundtable, in conjunction with OSIWA and AfriMAP, to introduce and discuss the implementation of AfriMAP in Ghana. Participants included a wide range of activists, academics and government officials, who debated the three AfriMAP themes -- justice sector and the rule of law, political participation and democracy, and delivery of public services -- and the ways to make the research most effective and useful in the more... |
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