Programmes & Initiative

Monitoring and Evaluation: End of Project Evaluation of the Micro-Finance Project- Banking for the Poor (B4P) in the Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana (European Union funded project). 

Training: The center has an ongoing Training and capacity building in research, data analysis and management for the Ghana Police Service.

The center has also organized a capacity building in management of members of the Christian Mothers Association, Kumasi

Training of leather bags manufacturers in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. The activity which was funded by BUSAC Fund aimed at upscaling the skill of bag manufacturers. The training focus was developing business and customer management skills, and unique product design.

Strengthening and improving the Capacity of Research and Statistics Unit of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection The programs involved training participants from various fields and backgrounds in research methodology and statistics (European Union funded project).

Participatory Project Business Plan Development: Breaking the Poverty Chain through Sustainable Vibrant Communities in the Krachie East and Nchumuru Districts of the Volta Region (European Union funded project).

The center led the development of proposal for funding the UNICEF-GoG WASH Project for thirteen (13) MMDAs. The project targeted assisting households to build toilet facilities to improve access and stop open defecation. 

The center partnered Ellembelle District Assembly in the Western Region to develop an Integrated Capacity Building Project for Local Economic Development (2018 – 2022) proposal to access funding from Canada-IFC.

Research: the center has recently completed some research activities. These include completed data collection and currently preparing report on the COVID-19 Stimulus package the Government of Ghana Training granted SMEs. The study is expected to unravel the impact of the package and the current state of the beneficiary enterprises. 

Also, an assessment of the potential for resource retrieval from solid waste at Kumasi Technical University was conducted. The motive was to develop a sustainable solid waste management plan for KsTU. At the end of the first cycle of the study it was concluded that individual sanitary workers retrieve and sell especially plastics from the discarded waste. Meanwhile, the university has no support system to encourage such retrieval actions. The sanitary workers strongly believe that students will be uncompliant with any solid waste separation system. The second of the study will seek to build consensus and community participation in the development of a sustainable solid waste management plan for the university. 

The center was a contributor to the report on assessment of human rights violations and student-staff relationship at Kumasi Technical University.  The report which was submitted to the Directorate of Guidance and Counselling sought to create a university community free of any form of violation and abuse.