Policy Research

Public Policy Dialogues

Citizens Capacity Building

Knowledge Networking

 Policy Research

• Parliament and the Executive
• The Democratic Developmental State in Ghana’s History
• The Ghanaian Youth, Democracy and Development
• Political Parties
• Elections and Public Policy Project
• Traditional Authorities and Development in a Democratic Society
• The Parliamentarian
• Biographies of Senior Citizens
• Political Transition Project
• Aid Effectiveness
• Civil Society Research

Public Policy Dialogues

• Roundtables
• Policy Dialogues
• Ghana Speaks Lecture/Seminar Series
• Election and Governance Debates
• GIF Dialogues
• GIF National Conference

Read More: Growth and Poverty Forum

Public Policy Dialogue and Advocay Program  

Citizen Capacity Building

• GIF Training of Trainers (TOT)
• Citizen Training in Public Deliberation and Dialogue, Lobbying and Advocacy, Gender Analysis and Mainstreaming and Participation monitoring and evaluation
• Curriculum and Training manual/tool kit development

Read More: Governance Issues Forums (GIF)

Citizens Capacity Building Program  

Knowledge Networking

• Cooperation and collaboration with members of research Institutions  and civil society organisations

 The Institute's programmmes focus on four main areas:

• Democratic Institution and Public Policy Research Programme
• Public Policy Dialogue and Advocacy Programme
• Citizenship Capacity Building Programme
• Institutional Capacity Building and Networking Programme

The thrust of activities have been shaped by experiences of the past 5 years, during which IDEG had been involved in national projects ranging from the participatory review of past Structural Adjustment Programmes in Ghana (SAPRI) and the joint formulation of draft National Policy for Strategic Partnership with NGO in Ghana, to the formulation of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS, 2003-2005), and the Consolidating Democratic Governance Program (CDGP, 2002-2005).

The Institute offers a range of services including:

• Theory-grounded and action-oriented research on public policy and democratic governance issues using a variety of methods including participatory techniques and opinion surveys
• Developing appropriate methodologies and systems for effective consultation and participation of civil society actors in public policy processes
• Organising knowledge enhancing and skills-training workshops as well as public forums for enhanced deliberations dialogue and consensus building on public policy choices
• Documentation, publication and dissemination of information on public policies, debates, processes and good practices in governance
• Advisory services on state-civil society-private sector relations and partnerships