Civil Society – Friends of the Nation (FoN)

Social Accountability Project

June 16, 2015January 20, 2016 super advocacy, citizen, Civil Society, Coast, community development, CSO, District Assemblies, Environment, Fishing, Friends of the Nation, Ghana, government, participation, social accountability, Transparency

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintFriends of the Nation (FoN) launched its social accountability project in Shama on June 2, 2015. This project, supported

Oceans & Fisheries Oil & Gas

IFEJ meets FoN: Petroleum and Fisheries Interactions

May 29, 2015December 20, 2015 super advocacy, CEMAG, citizen, Civil Society, community development, CSO, Ghana, IFEJ, media, oil and gas, Takoradi

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintThe Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ) from Accra paid a visit to Friends of the Nation (FoN)

Active Citizenship News Oil & Gas Social Accountability

My Tax, My Voice, My Share

March 17, 2015January 13, 2016 super advocacy, citizenship, Civil Society, Coastal Planning, community development, CSO, District Assemblies, Environment, Ghana, government, participation, Shama

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintThere is growing recognition both among governments, donors and civil society that citizens and communities have an important role

Natural Resources Governance News Oil & Gas

PIAC Report

March 5, 2015January 13, 2016 super advocacy, citizen, Civil Society, Gas, Ghana, Oil, participation, PIAC

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintTowards realising greater transparency, accountability and citizens’ oversight in management of Ghana’s petroleum revenues, the Public Interest and Accountability

ASM Natural Resources Governance News

Collaboration for Change: Friends of the Nation participates in Ghana Mining for Development Day

February 11, 2015December 24, 2015 super Civil Society, CSO, Ghana, Mineral, Mining

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint On Tuesday 3rd February, representatives from Friends of the Nation (FoN) attended the Ghana Mining for Development Alumni

News

Communities plan their own development actions to address coastal resources management and climate change issues

January 26, 2015December 24, 2015 super citizen, Civil Society, Coast, Coastal Planning, community development, CSO, District Assemblies, Environment, Ghana, government, participation, Western Region

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrint“He who feels it, knows it.” This phrase aptly describes a situation that community-led development planning is facing nowadays:

News

National Level Advocacy on Marine Pollution and Petroleum Exploration & Production Bill

January 26, 2015 super Accra, advocacy, chiefs, Civil Society, CSO, Gas, Ghana, Natural Resource, NGO, Oil, Petroleum, Petroleum E&P Bill, STAR-Ghana

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintGhana discovered oil and gas in commercial quantities in 2007. This discovery is one of the largest ones in

News

FoN supports Validation of Shama’s Development Plan

December 18, 2014 super Civil Society, Coast, Coastal Planning, community development, CSO, District Assemblies, Ghana, participation, Shama, STAR-Ghana, Western Region

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintThe Shama District Assembly held a forum to validate its District Medium Term Development Plan (DMTDP, 2014-2017). With the

News

USAID AWARDS $24 MILLION FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN GHANA

December 8, 2014 super citizen, Civil Society, community development, CSO, Environment, Fisheries, Fishing, Ghana, ICFG, marine, participation, SFMP, training, USAID Ghana, Western Region

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintFriends of the Nation (FoN) has been selected as one of the implementing partners for the five-year Sustainable Fisheries