Ghana to host General Assembly of Social Watch
Ghana to host General Assembly of Social Watch
(originally published by Finance Roll)
ACCRA, Oct. 20, — Ghana is to host the fourth General Assembly of Social Watch, an umbrella body for civil society organizations (CSOs) from 60 countries, to deliberate over global issues including a Social Watch 2009 Report released two weeks ago.
The three-day meeting scheduled for Oct.27-29 would be attended by representatives from Africa, the Arab Region, Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America, organizers say.
It will also elect executives to steer its affairs for the next three years. Ghana is the first African country to host the meeting after Rome (Italy), Beirut (Lebanon) and Sofia (Bulgaria).
Dr Yao Graham, coordinator of Third World Network Africa and local Convenors of Social Watch, told a press conference in Accra on Tuesday that over 100 participants from 60-member countries would attend the program.
He said the meeting would provide the platform for different regional groupings to share experiences on the impact of the global financial crisis.
“It will also review the organizations efforts, reports and achievements on the economic and social front and determine what areas to concentrate on in future,” he said.
Dr Graham said efforts by the various CSOs to ensure governments implemented social, economic and gender equality policies for the benefit of society had been yielding positive results.
He said it was a major institution that key international organizations including the United Nations consulted for reports on gender and other issues to develop protocols.
