Dr Emmanuel Akwetey
Ghana’s Dr Emmanuel Akwetey appointed to Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group
29 September 2010
Dr Emmanuel Akwetey of Ghana has been appointed to the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma.
The founding Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), one of Ghana’s leading research and advocacy organisations, will join the EPG which has been requested by Commonwealth Heads of Government to recommend options for reform that will sharpen the Commonwealth’s impact, strengthen its networks and raise its profile.
“The Eminent Persons Group brings together a diverse group of distinguished representatives from across the Commonwealth,” said the Secretary-General. “I am delighted to have Dr Akwetey on board to complete the membership of the EPG as an 11-member strong group tasked with recommending ways to raise the effectiveness and awareness of the Commonwealth. Dr Akwetey has great insight and experience in democracy and development – the two pillars of the Commonwealth’s work. He will contribute in strengthening the African perspective in the deliberations of the EPG, which is critical, given that a third of the Commonwealth’s member states are in Africa.”
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Mr Manoah Esipisu, deputy spokesperson at: m.esipisu@commonwealth.int or telephone: +44 (0) 7894 462 021
Dr Akwetey said: "I am delighted to accept the Secretary-General’s kind invitation to join the EPG. This is truly a great honour, unexpected and perhaps undeserved. I am inspired by the rare opportunity that membership of the EPG offers to me to contribute to advancing the noble cause of the Commonwealth in the 21st century. Issues such as the credible management of multiparty elections, democratic transitions and human development are passions of mine and also central to the Commonwealth's cause. I look forward to the EPG's discussions about how to strengthen the Commonwealth's impact in these and other important areas."
Mr Sharma stated that the EPG members are knowledgeable, experienced and renowned Commonwealth citizens who will each have valuable personal contributions to the Group’s recommendations for reform. He said the EPG welcomes ideas and proposals from people across the Commonwealth through an online questionnaire, while also consulting widely themselves in their respective countries and regions.
I am happy for Dr Akwetey. he shows passion in tackling what he believes in. Having interacted with him on diverse issues from local governance reforms to human development and alternating government, I believe that the same passion will be attached to the present assignment. in the long run it's about people and I know he will work with that view.
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