Development of knowledge, information and analysis capacity:

Development of knowledge, information and analysis capacity:

Database and inventory of cultural initiatives; PHASE TWO TAKE-OFF:

The Phase Two of the database/inventory project took off with a three-day meeting held at Takoradi from December 13-16 2008. The meeting was attended by all the ten regional directors of the Centre for National Culture, the ten Regional Point Persons, and officials from the Legon-based CERSGIS, the Chairman and officials of the Centre for National Culture and the PMU. Professor Hagan, Chairman of the NCC once again reiterated the importance of the database to the country’s development and hoped that the small beginnings might yield an outcome that could impact positively on the country’s development. He outlines the original objectives of the project but said that the current strategy of inventorising selected districts at a time was the most viable option. The Programme Coordinator, Mr. Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng informed the meeting about previous consultation with the Statistical Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and CERSGIS and explained that collaboration with other

governmental and non-governmental organisations was inevitable given the eventual scale of the project.

The meeting heard a report on Phase One from the Consultant, Mr. Emmanuel Tachie Obeng. He explained that during Phase One, Regional Point Persons distributed questionnaire in 10 districts in Ghana, i.e. one district in each

region. The information was analysed and presented as a report by the Consultant to the PMU, which subsequently circulated it as a draft to other structures. Mr. Tachie Obeng did a PowerPoint presentation of the Phase One data to the meeting after which the report was discussed extensively by the participants. Every RPP presented a report including difficulties and challenges they encountered during the fieldwork. The Coordinator confirmed the reengagement of the services of the RPPs as already agreed with the Regional Directors. The meeting was also addressed by an official of CERSGIS who explained that the CERSGIS database was a national asset which could take

on board any information that would be yielded by the CISP database project. However, he explained that it would be better to render the current data into a “webapplication” which can be displayed on the internet and in other platforms. The meeting revised the questionnaire and set new deadlines for the inventorisation of 20 more districts and decided that a final phase 3 would be undertaken during PE 4.

Database and inventory of cultural initiatives; PHASE TWO TAKE-OFF:

The Phase Two of the database/inventory project took off with a three-day meeting held at Takoradi from December 13-16 2008. The meeting was attended by all the ten regional directors of the Centre for National Culture, the ten Regional Point Persons, and officials from the Legon-based CERSGIS, the Chairman and officials of the Centre for National Culture and the PMU. Professor Hagan, Chairman of the NCC once again reiterated the importance of the database to the country’s development and hoped that the small beginnings might yield an outcome that could impact positively on the country’s development. He outlines the original objectives of the project but said that the current strategy of inventorising selected districts at a time was the most viable option. The Programme Coordinator, Mr. Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng informed the meeting about previous consultation with the Statistical Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and CERSGIS and explained that collaboration with other

governmental and non-governmental organisations was inevitable given the eventual scale of the project.

The meeting heard a report on Phase One from the Consultant, Mr. Emmanuel Tachie Obeng. He explained that during Phase One, Regional Point Persons distributed questionnaire in 10 districts in Ghana, i.e. one district in each

region. The information was analysed and presented as a report by the Consultant to the PMU, which subsequently circulated it as a draft to other structures. Mr. Tachie Obeng did a PowerPoint presentation of the Phase One data to the meeting after which the report was discussed extensively by the participants. Every RPP presented a report including difficulties and challenges they encountered during the fieldwork. The Coordinator confirmed the reengagement of the services of the RPPs as already agreed with the Regional Directors. The meeting was also addressed by an official of CERSGIS who explained that the CERSGIS database was a national asset which could take

on board any information that would be yielded by the CISP database project. However, he explained that it would be better to render the current data into a “webapplication” which can be displayed on the internet and in other platforms. The meeting revised the questionnaire and set new deadlines for the inventorisation of 20 more districts and decided that a final phase 3 would be undertaken during PE 4.