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Emmanuel
Akwetey is a political scientist who had his postgraduate
and post-doctoral studies in international politics and international
development studies) from the University of Stockholm, Sweden
in 1994. His doctoral dissertation dealt with “Trades
Unions and Democratisation: A Comparative Study of Ghana and
Zambia”. He holds a B.A (Hons) Degree (1982) in
Political Science with Sociology from the University of Ghana,
Legon. Until mid-1999 Akwetey was a research fellow and a
senior lecturer in the Political Science Department, Stockholm
University, Sweden, some of the courses he taught include
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relations, Politics of development, comparative politics and
research methodology.
From mid-1999 to September 2001, Akwetey was programs officer
and research coordinator for the Civil Society Coordinating
Council (Civisoc), which had oversight responsibility for
the participation of civil society actors in the global Structural
Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI). Thereafter,
he worked as the Founding Director of the Institute for Democratic
Governance (IDEG) – an independent and non-profit policy
research and advocacy institute where he is currently the
Executive Director.
Akwetey has been an advisor to major state and non-state
organisations on issues pertaining to the participation
of civil society and the private sector in the public policy
process. He was a technical advisor to;
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UNDP Ghana Office and the Government
of Ghana in the formulation of Ghana’s 2002-2005
National Governance Programme (Consolidating Democratic
Governance Programme)
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World Bank Ghana Office and the Ministry
of Finance in the 2002 Country Portfolio Projects
Review (2002)
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The National Development Planning Commission
(NDPC) in the formulation of the 2002/3-2005 ‘Poverty
Reduction Strategy Paper (GPRS, 2003-2005)’
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Ghana Association of Private Voluntary
Organisations in Development (GAPVOD) in the formulation
(2000) and subsequent updating (2002-2005) of the draft
‘National Policy on Strategic Partnership with NGOs
(2001)’
Akwetey is currently a member of the Technical
Advisory Panel and Network (TAP-NET) on Civil Society and
the Private Sector in Africa, which operates under the auspices
of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). He is
also a member of the International Political Science Association
(IPSA) and coordinator of the Interface Capacity Building
Project for non-state actors in civil society and the
private sector in partnership with ACBF. He coordinates the
implementation of the African Governance Monitoring and Advocacy
Project (AfriMAP) in Ghana (a project of the London-based
Open Society Foundation and the Open Society Initiative for
West Africa).
Akwetey has research interest in a broad
range of issues in the areas of international political economy
and the aid system, development policy analysis, political
theory and comparative politics, participatory and deliberative
democracy, civil society, civic engagement and the public
policy process, the state and democratic governance, and public
sector reform and institution building.
He has interest in training/capacity building programs, focusing
on public policies, public deliberation, dialogue, lobbying
and advocacy methodology, and in the monitoring and evaluation
of political governance projects.
Besides his doctoral thesis, which was published
by the University of Stockholm, Sweden, Akwetey has contributed
articles to several published books, journals, and magazines.
He has field research experience in Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
and South Africa. He has participated in research networks
under the SAPRI project in Uganda, Mali and Zimbabwe.
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