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STAR Ghana Foundation is being launched across nine regions in Ghana

The STAR Ghana Foundation, a Ghanaian owned and led organisation was launched in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday 13th November 2018. As a Ghanaian-led organisation, STAR Ghana Foundation is an example of Ghana going beyond dependence on aid, supporting locally grown solutions to advance Ghana’s development and contributing to sustainable and inclusive change. The STAR Ghana Foundation builds on the successful STAR-Ghana programme, a multi-donor civil society initiative established in 2010.

: Latest News; 19 Nov, 2018

STAR Ghana Foundation launched as a centre for active citizenship and philanthropy

The STAR Ghana Foundation, a Ghanaian owned non-profit organisation has been launched in Accra, Ghana. As a Ghanaian-led, independent organisation, STAR Ghana Foundation is an example of Ghana going beyond dependence on aid, supporting locally-grown solutions to advance Ghana’s development and contributing to sustainable and inclusive change. The STAR Ghana Foundation builds on the successful STAR-Ghana programme, a multi-donor civil society initiative established in 2010.

: Latest News; 15 Nov, 2018

We're launching a new shining STAR!

The STAR-Ghana programme was established as a multi-donor pooled funding mechanism in 2010 supported by UK aid, DANIDA, the EU and the USAID (2010-2015). Since then, STAR-Ghana has supported 233 grant partner organisations to articulate citizens’ concerns to the state, resulting in positive changes to policy, services and practice.

: Latest News; 07 Nov, 2018

Using mobile technology to enhance participation in internal revenue mobilization and utilization in East Gonja Municipal Assembly

Community journalists and representatives of the GPRTU of TUC, Cattle Owners Association, Women groups and representatives of Zonal Councils within the East Gonja Municipal Assembly (EGMA) have been trained to use mobile technology to enhance revenue collection and monitor the utilization of same in the District.

: Stories of change; 30 Oct, 2018

Call for Applications: Leadership Development Programme for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

STAR-Ghana is implementing a non-grant strategy to enhance civil society sustainability. The objective of the strategy is to advance the sustainability of civil society organisations with regard to their legitimacy and mandate, organisational competencies and financial resources. Sustainability in this sense entails reforms and shifts in the way civil society organisations are doing business. Some of these reforms will include formulating and implementing institutional and financial sustainability strategies, leadership succession planning and capacity building to make civil society organisations and the sector more robust in the long term.

: Latest News; 29 Oct, 2018

The STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF)

The STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF), to be launched in November 2018, is a national centre for active citizenship and philanthropy. The Foundation works to strengthen civil society and enable citizens to engage with the state to ensure accountable, transparent and responsive governance at both local and national levels (see the Foundation’s Vision & Mission Statement in Section 2 below). It builds on the successful STAR-Ghana programme (Strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness in Ghana), a multi-donor civil society initiative established in 2011. The establishment of the STAR Ghana Foundation as a Ghanaian-owned and led national institution follows from an intensive process of planning and public consultations with a wide range of stakeholders. It constitutes a major development in the landscape for active citizenship, civil society and philanthropy in Ghana and Africa as a whole.

: Latest News; 07 Nov, 2018

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STAR Ghana Foundation is being launched across nine regions in Ghana

STAR Ghana Foundation launched as a centre for active citizenship and philanthropy

We're launching a new shining STAR!

Using mobile technology to enhance participation in internal revenue mobilization and utilization in East Gonja Municipal Assembly

Call for Applications: Leadership Development Programme for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)

The STAR Ghana Foundation (SGF)

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