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ISODEC hosts Burkinabe Delegation. The group is in Ghana on a study visit, to learn from Ghanaian CSOs’ experiences and best practices in extractive sector advocacy. ISODEC took the opportunity to share some of the country’s challenges in unleashing the development potential of the country’s mineral resources, and how the lessons learnt are shaping the […]

Ghana will receive a 20% free equity share for gold refined locally when Royal Gold Ghana Limited begins operation this year. Currently, all the gold produced by mining companies in the country are refined outside, therefore, the government gains nothing from gold refined abroad. In that vein, the government entered into a public-private partnership with an Indian company, Rosy Royal Limited, to […]

Economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Godfred Bokpin fears that government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy will deepen the inequality gap in the country. A report by Oxfam Ghana has revealed that Ghana is currently failing in its quest to minimize inequality, especially in the areas of health, employment, wages […]

President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has stressed the need for a measured approach to tackling climate change in poorer countries. In his address to world leaders at the ongoing COP26 summit in Scotland, President Akufo-Addo argued that countries like Ghana could not afford to forgo the exploitation of natural resources in favour of protecting the environment. […]

Accra, Oct.29, GNA – The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources on Friday inaugurated a special committee to halt gold smuggling in Ghana. The Committee is chaired by Mr George Mireku Duker, a Deputy Minister of the Ministry in charge of Mines, tasked to ensure the integrity of the gold export value chain and increase […]

A launch and training workshop on Maaro-Noyine held at Tamale Regal Hotel Tamale, Dec. 3, GNA – The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has launched the “Maaro-Noyine Elections Monitoring Portal” to help citizens to report and capture possible electoral violence and other irregularities. The portal, which can receive both image and […]

CODESULT Network, in collaboration with the Sefwi Akontombra District Assembly of the Western North Region, is holding a training for Community Development Monitors (CDMs) in the district. A total of 75 CDMs, selected from 15 communities, are taking part in the training to build their capacity to monitor projects of the District Assembly in their […]

The Social Development and Improvement Agency (SODIA) and Access to Life Foundation ( ALF) have organised training workshops for Community Development Monitors (CDMs) in the Ahafo Ano North and Sekyere Central districts of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. SODIA and ALF are two of the civil society organisations that are implementing the GSAM project. The […]

A Media Soiree was held today on Illicit Financial Flows in Ghana. It has hosted by Dr. Steve Manteaw, ISODEC and many reputable media houses were present. The function lasted several hours as the media sought clarification on the losses Ghana has incurred over the years for inadequate monitoring of financial transfers. The main event […]

The first session of the High Level Convening on Illicit Financial Flows in Ghana was held today at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra. The theme was “Combatting Illicit Financial Flows to Foster Sustainable Development Goals – Taking Stock and Strengthening Responses”. GhanaIt was attended by Ghana is faced with huge development financing gaps, made worse […]