NON – GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGO’s)

NGOs do not operate extensively in the district.

APPLICATION OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES/ PUBLIC HEARING DURING:

i) PLANNING PROCESS

There was NDPC training for all DPCU members at Kumasi, which members were trained along the guide lines of the Development Plan preparation.

Further, members assembled at a serene location at the Assembly’s Guest House for the preparation and development of the District Plan. Funds were adequately allocated for the plan preparation.

There was open discussion, critical analysis, presentations, dialogue and intermittent search from sources to get appropriate information. There was also a brief visit by the Regional Planning Officer to the Planning meeting of DPCU members to guide their work and make some contributions.

ii) DISSEMINATION

Mobile van with loud speakers, Letters, Notice Boards, Local Information Centers,, Community Durbars, Seminars, Workshops and the meetings with Chiefs and the people of the various communities in each Electoral Area in the district are some of the ways by which information is disseminated in the district.