Research Assistants Receive Training

US Ambassador, Kathryn Dee Robinson stated that it is refreshing to see Ghana's parliament growing stronger, becoming more effective in policy making and being active in a growing range of outreach activities.

She said this at the opening of a three-day Internet training course for 25 Legislative Research Assistants in Accra last week.

With support from the American mission in Ghana, the training programme is designed to introduce ideas and concepts behind the oft-touted Information Technology.

The Internet has been described as a way to produce an almost unbelievable range of information to anyone with access to it.

The training is to strengthen Ghana's commitment to good governance and democracy. It will provide technical details of access to the Internet and with the skills required to use them. The resource person for the course was the Director of the Embassy's Information Resource Centre, Mr. Charles Akpalu.

Present at the ceremony were Mrs. Rebecca Adotey, Deputy Minister for Information and Dr. George Apenteng, Executive Director, Institute of Economic Affairs.

Dr. Apenteng commented that the impact of the first Internet workshop and training two years ago had been considerable, as the beneficiaries improved the quality of their research performance and output. He also put in a request to the Ambassador for assistance to enable the Institute of Economic Affairs and parliament work together by setting up a website.