A day’s orientation programme to receive twenty–one (21) Directors of Agriculture who had been transferred from the Civil Service into the Local Government Service took place at the Conference Room of the Local Government Service Secretariat on the 12th January, 2015. Welcoming the Directors, the Head of Service of the Local Government Service (LGS), Dr. […]
On the 8th of July 2014, the Head of Service opened the above course at the Department of Geography of the University of Ghana. In his welcome address noted that the course could not have come at a better time than this because of the usefulness of Geographic Information System (GIS). According to him, GIS […]
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS Papers should focus on any of the thematic areas: Economic Regeneration Leisure Building Control Waste Management Housing Development Regeneration Schemes Road Maintenance Social Welfare Community Development Public Transportation System Revenue Mobilization Natural Resource Management. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 19th September, 2014.Abstracts should not be more than 250 words and full […]
The Head of Local Government Service has launched the Service’s Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS) Database at the La Palm Beach Hotel on the 7th March 2014. The well attended launch brought together Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives, Coordinating Directors, Directors, Human Resource Officers, Information Technology Officers and the general public. The HRMIS […]
Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is defined as education of staff following the completion of formal training. CPD consists of any educational activity which helps to maintain, develop or increase knowledge, problem-solving, technical skills or professional performance standards all with the goal of enhancing and sustaining staff performance. The global technological improvement, fierce competition and rapid […]
7th World Urban Forum The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) will celebrate the 7th session of the World Urban Forum in the Colombian city of Medellín on 5-11 April under the overall theme “Urban Equity in Development – Cities for Life”. Ghana will host a special Side Event during the week-long Forum on; Wednesday […]
The Ambassador Mrs. Margit Thomsen, of the Royal Danish Embassy in Ghana on Wednesday 22nd January, 2014 launched the Right to Services and Good Governance Programme (RSGGP) in Accra with a gestational period of four (4) years (2014-2018). The implementing Agencies are Local Government Service, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Judicial Service […]
Dr. Callistus Mahama’s (Head of Service) recently paid a working visit to fifteen (15) Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Brong Ahafo and Ashanti regions. The objectives were to obtain from the primary source the practical implementation of the legislative Instrument (LI) 1961 on the ground. Particular attention was paid to the setting […]