Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Development
Disabled Persons
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Family
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
HIV/AIDS
Habitat
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Industrial Development
Information
Labour
Media
Micro-Credit
Migration
Peace and Security
Population
Private Sector
Science and Technology
Social Development
Sports for Peace and Development
Sustainable Development
Technical Cooperation
Trade and Development
United Nations Funding
United Nations Reform
Values
Violence
Volunteerism
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Information and communication technologies
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Men and boys
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
The girl child
Trafficking in women and girls
Violence against women
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women and the environment
Women and the media
Women and the media
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Socio-Economic Governance and Management
Social Development:
Aging
Conflict
Disabled persons
Employment
Indigenous issues
Information and Communications Technologies
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Statistics:
Development indicators
Poverty statistics
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Demographics
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Indicators
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Land management
Major Groups
Marine Resources
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Mining
Mountains
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sanitation
Science
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
Technology
Toxic chemicals
Trade and environment
Transport
Waste (hazardous)
Waste (radioactive)
Waste (solid)
Waste Management
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
NEPAD:
Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
Economic and Corporate Governance
Human Development
Regional Integration and Infrastructure
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| Geographic scope: |
Regional
Africa
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| Country of activity: |
Ghana
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2003 |
| Organizational structure: |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: It comprises 7 members selected from the Ghanaian economy and is the highest decision-making unit of the organisation. Among others, the Board reviews annual reports of activities submitted by the Management Team, approves annual budgets, deliberates on matters in furtherance of the aims and objectives of the organisation, formulates achievable policies for implementation in accordance with the goals and objectives of the organisation, advises YES-Ghana on matters relevant to achieving its set mission, and appoint officers t the Management Team. The Board holds regular meetings on a quarterly basis. When required, emergency meetings are held at short notice. MANAGEMENT TEAM: consists of an Executive Director who shall be the highest authority in the registered office; a Director of Programmes who oversees the formulation, planning and implementation of all projects and initiatives; and a Director of Finance and Administration who is directly responsible for the financial, administrative and human resource aspects of the secretariat. The Management Team jointly manages the general administration of the organisation, including the recruitment of support staffs, monitoring and co-ordinating the implementation of policies, programmes and procedures, supervising budgetary and financial affairs, and providing for security and safekeeping of the official properties of the organisation. SECRETARIAT: Personnel are recruited to work in the registered or project offices in various capacities as and when needed. Persons recruited to fill positions in the organisation do so on a voluntary and/or paid basis. The terms and conditions of service are determined by the Management Team. |
| Number and type of members: |
While YES-Ghana is not a membership organisation, it has established a network of youths and youth-serving organisations across the country with which we work. The youth empowerment network currently comprises over 220 organisations in all ten regions of Ghana; and over 1000 individual youths in and out of school. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Ghana Association of Private Voluntary Organisations |
| Funding structure: |
Fees for education and training services
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Product sales and business services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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