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 […]
Head of Service urges Management to take steps to deliver on core functions Monday, May 20, 2013 – 05:00 Dr. Callistus Mahama has called on the Directors of the Local Government Service to take steps to deliver on their core functions to enable the Service achieve its overall objective of ‘securing an effective administration and […]
A day’s validation workshop had been held in Accra with a call on the Assemblies to involve the public in planning, budgeting and the implementation process of programmes and projects to ensure that these interventions achieve their intended purpose(s). Mr. David Osei-Wusu, the Registrar at the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) gave this advice […]