A message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition23 August 2016. In the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, men and women, torn from Africa and sold into slavery, revolted against the slave system to obtain freedom and independence for Haiti,…
Share| World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is held every year on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to mobilize people to advocate for a more humane world. This year, WHD follows on one of the most pivotal moments in the history of humanitarian action:…
The Draper Hills Summer Fellowship on Democracy and Development Program which was launched in 2005, is hosted annually at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. Mrs. Glowen Kyei-Mensah, the Managing Director of Participatory Development Associates (PDA), was among the over-25 mid-career practitioners in law, politics, government, private enterprise, civil society,…
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The first Youth Forward biannual meeting in Ghana was held on June 7th, 2016, at the Fiesta Royale Hotel. Youth Forward, an initiative conducted in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, Overseas Development Institute, Solidaridad, and some other organizations, aims to build the capacity of youth especially in Ghana and Uganda to get jobs and/or grow…
The Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment (YIEDIE) held a summit on Youth in Construction on August 10, 2016. Attended by over 350 frontliners in the construction sector, stakeholders from public, private and non-governmental organizations who are working specially with youth or the construction industry, as well as representatives from a slew of media…
Facilitation Development Course Course brief Skillful and thoughtful facilitation is an indispensable skill for anyone who works with people to get things done. It is vital for achieving results, and the bedrock of inclusive decision making. Facilitation can bring groups of people alive, help them make decisions together, secure a better sense of ownership and…
Facilitating Community-Driven Development participatory approaches & tools for working with communities “Development brings freedom, provided it is development of people. But people cannot be developed; they can only develop themselves….People develop themselves by joining in free discussion of a new venture, and then participating in the subsequent decision; they are not being developed if they…
