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The African Peer Review Mechanism: from Rhetoric to Action
Professor SKB Asante Member, National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council. Since its adoption in 2002, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has demonstrated its mettle and real potential of playing a decisive role in ‘collective self-governance,...
Ghana and Benin Host a Roundtable on the Establishment of a West African Centre for the Advancement of The APRM (WACAA)
Two member- countries of the African Peer Review Mechanism, Ghana and the Republic of Benin, held an international roundtable meeting in Accra on the 20th" of April 2009. The roundtable discussed the establishment of a West African sub-regional body that would seek...
Ghana’s APRM Share Knowledge and Best Practices with Members of PAN African Parliament in Accra
Members of the Pan African Parliament, drawn from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Botswana, Rwanda, Sudan, Djibouti and Ghana undertook a training programme on the Assessment and Policy Implementation of the African Peer Review Mechanism as well as the New...
Interview with Dr. Kojo Busia.
Dr. Kojo Busia, a Senior Development Management Officer and Chief, APRM Support Section at the United Nations Economic Commission For Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....on the African Governance Architecture. Question. The African Governance Architecture is another...
Contribution of Research Institution to the APRM
The South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) shared the roles their institutions have played to promote the APRM. Tsoeu Petlane of SAIIA said his institute has been one of the Technical...
National Development Planning Commission/ Authority and The Integration of The APRM Program of Action into National Development Plans
Development Planning Commissions no doubt has a strategic role to play in the APRM process. It was a great opportunity to learn about respective experiences from Ghana and Uganda. Kenneth Owusu of Ghana's National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) stressed that...
APRM and IoD-Gh to Strengthen Ghanaian MSMSEs for AfCFTA.
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Institute of Directors-Ghana (IoD-Gh), have agreed to pilot a high-capacity corporate governance training and mentoring programme for 25 indigenous Micro Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), to help them access...
Okyenhene calls for inclusion of chiefs in local governance.
The Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori-Panin has called for inclusion and empowerment of traditional authorities in local governanace to enable chiefs play a leading role in economic emancipation and development of their communities. He said progressive chiefs had...
NAPRM-GOVERNING COUNCIL PRESENTS TO PRESIDENT J.A. KUFOUR, THE 2007 GERMAN/AFRICA AWARD WON BY DR. FRANCIS APPIAH
THE 2007 German Africa Prize, won by the Executive Secretary of the National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council, Dr. Francis Appiah has been presented to President J.A. Kufour at his office at the Osu Castle. The Chairman of the Governing Council, Rev....
BURKINA FASO APRM COMMISSION HOLDS TECHNICAL MEETING WITH GHANA
A 4-member team from the APRM secretariat in Burkina Faso called on the Executive Secretary of the National African PEER Review Mechanism Governing Council, Dr. Francis Appiah on June 12,2008. The Burkina team, led by Natama Jean-Baptiste, the Permanent...