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Committed to the concepts and basic values of social justice, politicalparticipation and the labour movement the FES is a German political foundation and NGO. It is present in Accra since 1969 to promote the democratisation process and to encourage socio-economic dialogue. To this end, the FES currently runs programmes and activities with Ghanaian partners, such as Non-Governmental Organisations, Trade Unions, Media Organisations and the Parliament. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) is a political foundation, closely associated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). Its basic principles are freedom, justice and solidarity. Its activities in Ghana aim at - Supporting economic and socio-political reforms of the present government; - Strengthening the role of the parliament; - Promoting the participation of all strata of society in the political process; - Promote the participation in local politics, particularly in the framework of the decentralisation process; - Promoting the effective integration of traditional structures into the modern state administration; - Promoting the rule of law and - Gender quality. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]

UNDP links global and national efforts to achieve the Millennium goals and helps host countries to find solutions to global and national development challenges. Main areas of activity are: - Democratic governance - Poverty reduction - Crisis prevention and recovery - Environment and energy - HIV/AIDS Through the Resident Co-ordinator System UNDP plays a significant co-ordination role for the UN's activities in the field of development.Regional Human Development Reports are downloadable. ... [Redaktion ilissAfrica]

The Economy of Ghana Network (EGN) is a civil society organization embracing all persons with adequate training and interest in discussing issues relevant to the proper management of the economy of Ghana and to the country's socio-economic development. The network provides a platform for disseminating research findings and discussing their policy relevance. It seeks to make easily accessible to a wider audience the findings of all the research being carried out on the socio-economic development Ghana from the different parts of the globe. The network also seeks to engage all interested persons in policy debates and will provide additional material to public agencies to assist in enriching national policy making. It seeks to protect its independence from known political interest groups and therefore dies not align itself with such groups even as it discusses issues of political interest. The Economy of Ghana Network is generally E-based. It uses this interactive website as the main platform for discussion among members. ... [according to site editor's information; editors ilissAfrica]

Established in May 1992 UDS is a multi-campus university running six faculties, one school and two centres of excellence. The mission of UDS is "promoting equitable and socio-economic transformation of communities through practically-oriented, community-based, problem-solving, gender-sensitive and interactive research, teaching, learning and outreach programmes." The University's principal objective is to address and find solutions to the environmental problems and socio-economic deprivations that have characterized northern Ghana in particular and are also found in some rural areas throughout the rest of the country. ... [according to site editor's information]

The MSME Project is a Government of Ghana initiative to provide essential financing and technical support to enhance MSME development in Ghana. The project, which is financed by the World Bank Group and the Government of Ghana, is one of ten pilot projects supported under the IDA/IFC joint MSME Program for Africa. ... [according to site editor's information]

BUSAC aims to make an impact by enabling the private sector, including business membership organizations, trades unions and media, to influence public policy formulation by undertaking appropriate research, developing evidence based policy positions and advocating those positions with government and other private sector institutions/organization who may be targeted by the action. BUSAC was originally launched by DANIDA but now attracts support from DFID and USAID. ... [according to site editor's information]