IMANI: From advocacy to influence in Ghana – Reports

IMANI, led by the founder Franklin Cudjoe is one of the major think tanks in Africa. The Ghana based think tank is making giant strides and is fast evolving into an influential organisation in the runnings and designs of policies in Ghana. The three reports below are some of the new results of IMANI's effective advocacy. IMANI is an affiliate of AfricanLiberty.org

1. IMANI invited by Ghanaian Government to be part of 16-member committee to reform wages and salaries policy in Ghana.

IMANI's Founding President & CEO is member of committee.

See story here: http://www.imanighana.com/2013/08/lets-have-a-moratorium-on-strikes/

2. Recently Heads of  Respected Civil Society Organisations and think tanks in Ghana visited the Ghanaian President. 

"The Executive Director of Imani Ghana, Mr Franklin Cudjoe, suggested to the President to consider the recommendation of a group that indicated that the government should discard its intention of building 10 teacher training colleges and channel the resources into expanding the existing colleges.

He again indicated that Imani Ghana was compiling a report in relation to the government’s proposal to construct 200 community senior high schools."

See the State Owned Daily Graphic Online, http://graphic.com.gh/Politics/ill-implement-gyeeda-report-mahama.html

3.  IMANI Education Forum is established

The Forum for Education Reform (FFER), under the auspices of IMANI-GHANA is group of eminent Ghanaians, educationists, leaders of industry, business people and researchers working  to significantly change the dwindling image of Ghana's education. The Forum has been meeting every two weeks in the last 4 months and had completed work on what Primary Education should look like in Ghana.  James Tooley's work was amplified in our recommendations as we conducted a pilot study to prove his thinking. We will work with government and like-minded organizations to attain the right standards for education  Ghana.

The members of the Forum are