Objectives of Ghana's National Development Planning Commission

OUR MISSION: Functions of the NDPC

The National Development Planning Commission is a body created by articles 86 and 87 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and established by Acts 479 and 480 (1994) of Parliament with the mandate to advise the President on development planning policy and strategy.

The Commission at the request of the President, Parliament, or on its own initiative, is expected to:

study and make strategic analysis of macro-economic and structural reform options;

make proposals for the development of multi-year rolling plans taking into consideration the resources potential and comparative advantage of the different districts of Ghana;

make proposals for the protection of the natural and physical environment with a view to ensuring that development strategies and programmes are in conformity with sound environmental principles;

make proposals for ensuring the even development of the districts of Ghana by the effective utilisation of available resources;

monitor, evaluate and co-ordinate development policies, programmes and projects;

undertake studies and make recommendations on development and socio-economic issues;

formulate comprehensive national development planning strategies and ensure that the strategies including consequential policies and programmes are effectively carried out;

prepare broad national development plans;

keep under constant review national develop-ment plans in the light of prevailing domestic and international economic, social and political conditions and make recommendations for the revision of existing policies and programmes where necessary; and

perform such other functions relating to development planning as the President may direct.


More information on Ghana's National Planning Development Commission

Guide to Feeling the Sun, Ghana women people music culture blog

Here are some posts from recent months that may still have interest for readers:

Images of African Goddesses, African Queens, African Princess

2010 Miss Universe Ghana – Krystle Awurama Simpson

Beautiful Women of Ghana, and from Ghana - Ghana Actresses Models Singers Goddesses

Mangoes in Africa - Nutitional Value of Mangoes

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Is Solar Power the solution for Ghana's economy?

Ghana News'N'Views: March 2011

Ghana recording artist Becca

Ghana Culture Music Politics Art Life

Here are a few stories making the headlines around Accra, Tamale and Kumasi in recent weeks:

Dr Lawrence Tetteh asks Ghana to use the 54th anniversary to honour Big Six

Ghana Independence Day Speech, John Atta Mills, March 6 2011

Ghana has now brought back 700 citizens from Libya

Wisconsin's Operation Dignity physicians fight poverty and illness in Ghana Africa

Fighting climate change an elusive goal for Ghana



Ever heard of a website called BlackisBeautiful.se ? Quite the site, many photos of gorgeous Black women! Meet Grace, a UK beauty of Ghana heritage:




Black Is Beautiful gorgeous African female photos website



Ghanaian Hiplife recording artist Eazzy

Ghana refugees wait inside Tunisia-Libya border

At Ras Jdir on the Tunisia border, thousands of Bangladheshi migrant workers, desperate to leave Libya, pressed up against the gates of the frontier crossing, angry at their government for sending no help.

Groups of West African migrant workers also in the crowd chanted for help and held up the flags of Ghana and Nigeria.

About 70,000 people have passed through the Ras Jdir border post in the past two weeks, and many more of the hundreds of thousands of foreign workers in Libya are expected to follow.

Back in Accra, the second batch of Ghanaians stranded in Libya have arrived in Ghana with another planeload expected tomorrow. The 95 returnees arrived at the Kotoka International Airport on Tuesday evening. This brings to 150 the total number of Ghanaians that have been evacuated from Libya.

The repatriation became necessary due to increasing anti-government protests that have rocked the Maghrebian country in recent times. An estimated four thousand Ghanaians in the North African country have been registered out of the estimated 10,000 Ghanaians expected to be airlifted home. There has been enormous pressure from Ghanaians both home and abroad for Government to evacuate her citizenry following the political unrest in Libya.

Reports say over 2,000 people have been killed in the democratic uprising, a figure that has been disputed by the Libyan authorities.

Sources: Reuters, ghanaweb.com

February 2011: Ghana News n Blues

Ghana Music Culture Business News - Feb 2011

Small and Medium-sized business conference in Accra, Ghana

Business Sense 2011 opens in Accra on February 24th, bringing together 5,000 exhibition visitors,over 40 exhibitors and 150 conference delegates who will be addresed by renowned local and international speakers with diverse expertise in business.

Business Sense 2011will provide the platform for the exposure of small and medium scale entrepreneurs to business opportunities(especially with the oil find in Ghana), financing options, credit facilities, networking events and the skills required for sustaining and expanding their businesses.SMEs account for about 90 per cent of companies in the country and Business Sense 2011 will seek to further expose such businesses to modern strategies and create the needed linkages between SMEs and big corporate organisations.Participating companies will also be presented with a unique platform to launch their new products and services.


SME Expo in Accra Ghana article on ModernGhana.com




Environmental Architecture firm seeks intern / volunteer

Do you have an interest in building design and construction and need some office work experience? S. Tetteh & Associates is an architectural practice firm based in Accra whose mission is to become a leading brand in the planning, design and implementation of sustainable human settlements through environmentally sensitive architecture. It is the ultimate goal of S. Tetteh & Associates to ensure that our architectural actions and decisions today do not inhibit the opportunities of future generations.

The firm works to produce designs that are functionally efficient, structurally stable and aesthetically pleasing while also enhancing the quality of the human habitat. The architects have successfully completed various residential, recreational, commercial and public building projects throughout the country. S. Tetteh and Associates aims to train the critical human resource in the construction industry for the physical development of Ghana and beyond.

More information on the architectural intern opening in Accra Ghana



Efo Kojo Mawugbe calls for Ghana Government to support "live" arts and culture

Efo Kojo Mawugbe, Executive Director of the National Theatre of Ghana, has called on government to make Ghana's culture more attractive by positively projecting it as a living identity of the state.

He said culture is currently perceived from a taxidermy approach, making it look unreal or dead and unattractive to the people and even tourism. Efo Mawugbe who was addressing participants at the 62nd Annual New Year School and Conference on Tuesday said developing the cultural minds of the people alongside other development processes was important to build their cultural confidence and make create a total sense of belonging. Speaking under the topic: "Youth, Culture and Development", he said the youth needed to be guided to become responsible agents of change and there was the need to boost their confidence and liberate them from fear of the bondage of an indigenous and unsafe origin that is perceived by others as outmoded.

He said there was also the need to carefully modernise some cultural aspects of the various traditions without removing important aspects of wisdom and values to make them more attractive to the youth and other nationals.

GhanaWeb.com article on support and promotion of live culture in Ghana