Ghana’s 2024 Elections – 3 Key Voting Blocs That Will Shape This Year’s Elections
This year, 50 countries are expected to hold elections. According to the Center for American Progress, a US policy institute, more than two billion voters worldwide will participate in these elections.
Enhancing Oversight of the Education Sector: Deploying the Community Scorecard in Fanteakwa North District
The Fanteakwa North District was carved out of the East Akim District in 1988 by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1411 of 1988 and the Local Government Act, Act 462 of 1993 with Begoro as the capital. In recent years, the literacy rate in the Fanteakwa North District has shown steady progress, particularly considering it is a farming community. […]
Kenya Seeks Legislative Partnership With Canada as Speaker Fergus Visits Center for Parliamentary Studies
The Parliament of Kenya and their Canadian counterparts will explore ways to enhance their collaboration and exchange on best parliamentary practices. This emerged during a tour of the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST) by the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, the Rt Hon. Greg Fergus, this afternoon. The first call for enhanced cooperation […]
Data for Accountability: Reflections from 2023
The Data for Accountability Project’s (DAP II) work with the Parliament of Ghana to use data to monitor the country’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continued apace in 2023. The relationship between GSS and Parliament has gone from strength to strength, and we have seen examples of MPs using the skills they have learnt through […]
Strengthening Parliaments for SDG Implementation: Insights from Ghana
Parliaments play an important role in holding countries to account – scrutinising legislation, policies and spending and ensuring governments work for their people. They are unique in bringing together the main political forces of a country and represent the diversity of interests in a society. Parliaments, therefore, should also play an important role in Sustainable Development Goals […]