Press Release

District Oversight Committees (DOCs) from the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East, and West regions attended a capacity building workshop organized by the Governing Council in August 2009. The training, held in Kumasi was to equip the members with the Citizen...

Ghana and Uganda have entered into a mutual agreement to collaborate and share experiences on the modalities for the implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). The mutual agreement ensures that Ghana, the first country to be reviewed under the APRM...

As part of deliberations at the ECOWAS Workshop on the APRM, a delegation made up of members of the National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council and the ECOWAS Commission paid a courtesy call on Ghana's Vice President, H.E. John Dramani Mahama. The...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a 3-day Regional Workshop in Accra from 12-14 August 2009 on the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to facilitate good and accountable governance in the Member States and to encourage countries that have...

In Ghana’s APRM Country Report, recommendations were made for further enhancement of the Separation of Powers, to ensure the effectiveness of Parliament. In addition to the African Peer Review Mechanism, other governance institutions including civil society think...

As part of deliberations at the ECOWAS Workshop on the APRM, a delegation made up of members of the National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council and the ECOWAS Commission paid a courtesy call on Ghana's Vice President, H.E. John Dramani Mahama. The...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a 3-day Regional Workshop in Accra from the 12-14 August 2009 on the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to facilitate good and accountable governance in Member States and to encourage countries that have...

Executive Secretary of the National African Peer Review Governing Council (NAPRM-GC) Dr. Francis Appiah has received the 2007 German Africa Prize for his efforts at contributing to governance reforms in Ghana and the African continent in its entirety. Chancellor of...

Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has noted that the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is shedding away the old image of Africa, where leadership concern was on how to retain and remain in office. He said NEPAD was also a paradigm shift from corruption,...

By Kofi Akodor When President J.A. Kufour presented Ghana as the first African country to open itself up for scrutiny under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), many were those who thought the chief consideration for that decision was only to score political...