Who We Are
The IDEG is a development and governance solutions think-tank established in Ghana in 2000. The institute strategically focuses on policy research, advocacy, interface capacity building and deployment, and knowledge networking. It has designed and implemented several projects successfully across the country.
IDEG has worked with several national and international CSOs, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, the Presidency, Parliament, and the Judicial Service of Ghana on a broad range of democracy and development policy issues. The Institute has led in introducing several innovative programs including the Governance Issue Forum Concept as a framework for promoting participatory bottom-up democracy in Ghana at the local level; the Civic Forum Initiative, a coalition of 18 CSOs engaged in promoting peaceful and credible elections, good governance, democracy, poverty reduction, and social development; and the Presidential Elections Peace Pact which commit Presidential candidates to the eradication of electoral violence, impunity, and injustice in Ghana’s multi-party democracy. IDEG also has the Civil Society Elections Situation Room that promotes efficient management of the electoral processes, maintains peace through full compliance of the rule of law.
Highlights
Issue-Paper-NPP-NDC-2016-Party-Manifestoes-and-Agendas-2063-2030 Download Now.
CSO-Statement-on-Transition-Issues-Final Download Now.
Media-Advisory-AUTJP-Meeting-August 2019 Download Now.
IDEG-Statement-on-Advocacy-Document-on-MultiParty-Local-Governance Download Now.
Publications
Programmes and performance
The IDEG is currently leading the advocacy for the democratization of Ghana’s local governance system and championing the implementation of reforms that would strengthen inclusive and sustainable development, devolution of more power and resources to local government, and strengthening public service and accountability at the local and central government levels. The IDEG also runs broader national and pan African programs which focus on; (i) electoral politics and accountability, (ii)Democracy, security and nation building, (iii) Poverty, inequality, and sustainable development and (iv) Pan African and global programs. So far, the IDEG has won two prestigious awards in recognition of its work. These are The Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for Peace, and Social Justice (Embassy for the United States of America, Accra-Ghana, 2015) and the Millennium Excellence Award for Democratic Development (2010).
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Awards
In recognition of the positive impact of the IDEG’s work on democratic governance outcomes in the country, the IDEG was honoured with the Millennium Excellence Award for Democratic Development in 2010, and in the same year, the Executive Director was made a member of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group.
The Executive Director has also been honoured with the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Peace and Social Justice in Ghana in 2015, and in 2010.