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über KAS Aktivitäten in Ghana
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2006
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Training of newly elected District Assembly Members
Throw partisan politics to the dogs
…Minister urges new assembly members
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - THE NORTHEN Regional Minister, Alhaji Mustapha Ali Iddris, has entreated elected District Assembly members in the region to discard their individual political inclinations and work together to create wealth and employment to bring development to the area.
He said politics was about solving the people’s needs; hence the need for members to always find common ground in providing the basic needs of the people.
"This also means we should eschew unnecessary struggles for influence and power," he said.
Speaking at a two-day workshop organized by the Tamale Ecclesiastical Pastoral Provincial Council (TEPPCON) in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) for Assembly members in the region on the theme ‘Good Governance at the Local Level’ over the weekend in Yendi, the Minister noted that members must cooperate with all other components of the District Assembly to enable the system function effectively and efficiently."
» more (The Ghanaian Chronicle) |
Evaluate Common Fund - MP
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - YENDI - The Member of Parliament for Lawra-Nandom, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, has called on the government to make a critical evaluation of the conceptual basis of the MP’s share of the District Assemblies Common Fund and what development agenda it required to serve.
He said if the purpose of the Fund was to direct MPs as development agents in their constituencies, then their control over the fund and responsibility to account for its must be given a second look.
Dr Kunbuor made the call when he presented a paper on: "Ghana’s decentralisation process, governance and development - The role of the MP and District Chief Executive (DCE)" at a capacity building workshop for newly elected assembly members from Northern Ghana at Yendi.
The workshop was on the theme: "Good governance and development at the local level" and was organised for 65 newly elected assembly members from the five diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Ghana.
The Tamale Ecclesiastical Province Pastoral Conference (TEPPCON), a Catholic agency dedicated to addressing the socio-spiritual, economic, cultural and political issues affecting the people of the Northern Regions, organised the workshop with sponsorship from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF), a German Non-Governmental Organisation.
» more (ghanadistricts.com) |
Call for Evaluation of DACF
October 25, 2006
Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawra-Nandom, has called on the government to make a critical evaluation of the conceptual basis of the MP's share of the District Assemblies Common Fund and what development agenda it is required to serve.
He said if the purpose of the Fund was to direct MPs as development agents in their constituencies, then their control over the fund and responsibility to account for it must be given a second look.
Dr Kunbuor made the call when he presented a paper on: "Ghana's decentralisation process, governance and development - The role of the MP and District Chief Executive (DCE)" at a capacity building workshop for newly elected assembly members from Northern Ghana at Yendi.
» more (Accra Mail/allAfrica.com) |
Support to Peaceful Conflict Resolution
The participants in Akosombo
Private sector support
The participants in Takoradi
The role of Traditional Leaders in the decentralised system in Ghana
The participants in Akosombo:
Centre (brown safari suit): Minister for Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. S.K. Boafo
also representatives of other German development partners were present: GTZ (Dr. M. Rünger) and KfW (Dr. W. Weth)
» Resources on chieftaincy issues and traditional structures/authorities
Support to a neglected sector: The informal sector
KAF's Project Officer Isaac Owusu-Mensah at the opening ceremony in Kumasi
The participants in Techiman
KAF - 40 years Support to Democracy & Development in Ghana
Political Empowerment of Women
Private Sector support
Democracy thrives on honesty... Loetzer
Accra, April 20, GNA - Mr Klaus D. Loetzer, Resident Representative of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF), on Thursday noted that democracy thrived on honesty, accountability, respect of freedom and human right and transparency.
He said that was why the Foundation was geared towards developing the local governance system by helping people in the rural areas to understand governance and to know their rights and practice democracy which is "a sweet system of government". » more |
Cooperation with Ministry of Regional Cooperation & NEPAD
Online press articles:
NEPAD, blue print for Africa's economic salvation - Dr Apraku »
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NEPAD, blue print for Africa's economic salvation » more
Cooperation with KAF Partner Christian Mothers' Association (CMA)
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