18-06-2011
The Media Foundation for West Africa, a regional independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Accra, will on Monday organize a two -day training workshop for some selected media practitioners across the country. The workshop will be carried out under a project dubbed: “Using Radio to Promote Participatory and Effective Local Governance in Ghana” and aimed at building the capacity of selected journalists from radio stations nationwide in local governance reporting and programming, and supporting stations financially and technically to produce and broadcast quality programmes. Focus would be on governance issues at the local level with the view to enhancing opportunities for citizen’s participation in the local governance processes and debates. The meeting would also discuss the possibilities of using the media to sustain democracy in Ghana and would be attended by other partners from neigbouring countries including Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin. The Executive Director of Media Foundation for West Africa, Prof. Kwame Karikari in an interview with Radio Ghana said the project will build a strong collaboration between the selected radio stations and their respective Municipal Assemblies as a way of facilitating access to the radio stations by officials of the assemblies. The Project, according to Prof Karikari is considered crucial for Ghana’s development and democratic progress given the crucial role radio stations play in mobilizing, influencing and supporting the citizenry to contribute to local community development effort. It is also unique in its design as it seeks to provide a platform for the various assemblies to better engage with the populace through the radio stations in their areas of jurisdiction. Participants at the end of the workshop are expected to use their medium to promote good governance at the community since they have the potential to influence societal and behavorial change in society.
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