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Culture and Development

Ashanti Regional Workshop

Workshop to enhance the contribution of culture to the overall economic growth of Ghana

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Rationale and Objectives of the Workshop

Culture contributes so much to the overall economic growth of the nation but yet receives scant attention. It remains much misunderstood, underexploited, unrecognized and always relegated to the background during the determination of government’s topmost priorities. If a nation without a culture is like a tree without roots, then culture should not be taken for granted. Culture has to be integrated into all relevant aspects of national development planning processes.

This workshop which seeks to integrate culture into all relevant aspects of national development planning processes is premised on previous Culture and Development Workshops organized with sponsorship from Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for Regional Directors, District Cultural Officers and District Planning Officers in Ghana between 2003 and 2009 as shown below:

  1. Workshop on Culture and Development for District Planning Officers and Regional Directors(Southern Sector) at the Elmina Beach Resort from 19-23 October, 2003;
  2. Workshop on Culture and Development for District Planning Officers and Regional Directors (Northern Sector) at the Hotel Georgia, Kumasi from 5-8 November, 2003;
  3. Workshop on Culture and Development for District Cultural Officers (Northern Sector) at Dery Hotel, Techiman from 4-7 April, 2004;
  4. Workshop on Culture and Development for District Cultural Officers (Southern Sector) at Paramount Hotel, Accra from 20-23 April, 2004;
  5. Culture and Development Workshop for the Upper East and West Regions at the Tietaa Conference Centre, Bolgatanga from 06–08 April, 2009.
The workshop therefore aims at achieving the following objectives:

  1. Sensitizing participants as to how to integrate culture into the various domains of national development planning processes in order to accelerate poverty reduction and wealth creation.
  2. Creating institutional linkages with the District Assemblies for effective cultural administration.
  3. Evolving mutually beneficial cultural programmes and activities to accelerate poverty reduction and wealth creation at the grassroots level.

Target Participants

  1. Cultural Administrators

    • 20 officials
  1. District Coordinating Directors
    • Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
    • Adansi North
    • Afigya Sekyere
    • Ahafo Ano South
    • Amansie Central
    • Asante Akyim North
    • Atwima New Adubiase
    • Bosomtwe A.K.
    • Ejisu-Juaben
    • Ejura Sekyere Dumase
  1. Regional Manager, Ghana Tourist Board
  2. Regional Economic Planning Officer
  3. Traditional Rulers
  4. Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture
  5. District Budget /Planning Officers
    • Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
    • Adansi North
    • Adansi South
    • Afigya Sekyere
    • Ahafo Ano South
    • Amansie Central
    • Amansie East
    • Amansie West
    • Asante Akyim North
    • Asante Akyem South
    • Atwima New Adubiase
    • Atwima Mponua
    • Bosomtwe A.K.
    • Ejisu-Juaben
    • Ejura Sekyere Dumase
    • Kwabre
    • Offinso
    • Sekyere East
    • Sekyere West
    • Mampong Municipal Assembly
    • Konongo /Odumase Municipal Assembly
  1. Consultants
    • Director, F&A, NCC, Ag. Director, PME, NCC
  1. Support Staff
GRAND TOTAL OF PARTICIPANTS: 65

Opening Ceremony

  • Self Introduction and introduction of Chairman and invited Guests
  • Chairman’s Acceptance Remarks
  • Statement from Konrad -Adenauer-Stiftung
  • Address by Honourable Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture
  • Chairman’s Closing Remarks
  • Vote of Thanks

Topics of Presentations

Mr. Michael Attipoe:

Operations of the Regional/District Cultural Officer: Linkages with other Stakeholders

  • The Core Functions
  • Planning of District Cultural Programmes and Projects
  • Decentralisation of Culture vis-avis the operations of the District Assemblies and other MDAs.

Regional Economic Planning Officer:

Situating Cultural Planning within the District Assemblies-Regional Perspective

Mr. William Boateng:

Identification of Cultural Programmes and Projects and the management of the project cycle components

  • Rationalization/classification of tangible and intangible heritage assets
  • Project Proposal Development
  • Development of Log frame
  • Budgeting for Cultural Programmes & Projects
  • Management of Project Cycle Components

Group Work

Developing Synopsis for a Cultural Project Proposal in the District

  • Presentation of Group Reports
  • Questions and Answers
  • Bulletin

For further information:

NCC:

Mr. Michael ATIPOE

Tel: 233-21- 663010

KAS:

Mr. Isaac OWUSU-MENSAH

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Venue

Kumasi

Contact

Klaus D. Loetzer

Head of the KAS office in Tunisia

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