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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

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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)

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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

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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:

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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

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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

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National Editors Forum on the Marine Pollution and Petroleum Exploration & Production Bill

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014 super Civil Society, Coast, community development, CSO, Environment, Fisheries, Ghana, Oil, Petroleum, Transparency, Western Region

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintFriends of the Nation (FoN), together with Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP),

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“Bridging Gaps in Local Governance” – Lessons from Community Engagement

November 11, 2014December 24, 2015 super citizen, Civil Society, Coast, Coastal Planning, community development, CSO, District Assemblies, Environment, Ghana, participation, Transparency

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintUnmet expectations of grassroots lead to apathy in development and democratic initiatives in communities. This unfortunate trend creates a

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Needs assessment for the preparation of Medium Term Development Plan

September 5, 2014September 9, 2014 super Coast, Coastal Planning, community development, CSO, District Assemblies, Environment, Ghana, training, Western Region

Share via…emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinPrintOne of the core requirements for the preparation of Districts’ Medium Term Development Plans (DMTDP) is the conduct of