STAR-Ghana Foundation holds nationwide validation framework workshops for Civil Society Strengthening Project (CSSP) - Shift The Power
STAR-Ghana Foundation and the West African Civil Society Initiative (WACSI) have held a series of meetings across the country on the validation of project frameworks for the Civil Society Strengthening Programme (CSSP).
The CSSP seeks to provide long term support to civil society in Ghana, and in effect, enhance their resilience, responsiveness, and effectiveness in delivering the priorities of its constituents.
Amidu Ibrahim-Tanko, Executive Director-STAR-Ghana Foundation
The meetings were held on three zonal bases: southern zone, the middle belt and the northern sector.
The Comic Relief funded project CSSP-StP is implemented by STAR Ghana Foundation and WACSI as anchor partners for Ghana. It seeks to build institutional resilience of CSOs in Ghana by providing a more progressive, negotiated, participatory and widely owned solution to social development work.
Eunice R. Agbenyadzi, Head of Programmes- STAR-Ghana Foundation
Speaking at the Accra validation meeting on Tuesday February 7, 2023, the Head of Programmes at STAR-Ghana Foundation, Eunice R. Agbenyadzi, explained the iteration phase of the project involved the development of project tools and frameworks: governance structure, grant guidelines, capacity development frameworks among others to guide implementation.
Thus, she said, “we are organizing this level of conversations civil society groups to present to you the meaning we have made out of all those conversations on the tools and frameworks that we have developed for the implementation of the CSSP.”
Some participants in the Accra meeting
In an overview of the CSSP, Miss Agbenyadzi said the CSSP which is a long-term support (2022-2030) is also being implemented in Zambia and Malawi and has two components: organizational development and grant.
“It focuses on how civil society can be more resilient (independent, sustainable), and how they can deliver the priorities of their constituents, among other things. We are not set up for ourselves, but we are set up to meet some specific needs of our communities.”
“So, the point about how our work is organised and taken up in a such a way that it reflects the aspirations and needs of our constituents,” she said.
In his remarks at workshop for the middle belt, Executive Director of STAR-Ghana Foundation, Amidu Ibrahim-Tanko urged participants to factor models of local philanthropy that works for their respective organizations in their reflections and inquiries. “CSSP-Stp is about producing outputs and outcomes that strengthen local organizations, benefit most marginalized, and most excluded sections of communities” he added.
