On 16th March, SSCC held a consultation in Accra with 14 African ambassadors to Ghana, and representatives of Ghanian Government, concerning the programme ‘Culture of Peace and Security in Africa: The Quest for Stewardship and Cooperative Engagement”, convened by the Director of UNESCO for Ghana, Mr. Abdourahamane Diallo, and SSCC.

The objective was to explore how cooperation can be developed through testing a suggested programme. Questions were asked around challenges, priorities and socio-cultural factor threats on country levels.

SSCC is pleased with results of this first exploratory meeting which will be followed up shortly with further consultation, thereafter a development phase, and finally a multi-annual programme.
There is a lot of work ahead!

SSCC warmly thanks UNESCO Ghana Office for being fantastic hosts and for great collaboration and partnership. It also thanks its eminent Board members, Hon Kojo Yankah, Chair of the Pan African Heritage Museum; Ambassador Karl Erik Norman, Secretary General of the European Cultural Parliament, Mrs. Beverly Koech Moss, Secretary, Peace Building and Conflict Management at The Office of the President of Kenya and Mrs. Claudia Turbay, former Colombian Ambassador of Colombia to Ghana and 17 other African States and also Dr. Akosua Abdallah, President of International Theatre Institute in Ghana and Ms. Johanna Kouzmine-Karavaïeff, researcher and cultural expert, Artisans of Innovation.

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