In March 2022, STAR-Ghana Foundation hosted the maiden edition of the national forum on Civil Society Sustainability in Ghana under the theme: "reflections on the conceptual and developmental issues of CSOs in Ghana and the sustainability challenge" - to create space for civil society actors to consolidate ideas on how to sustain the sector. The convening was conceived by CSOs in Ghana after several rounds of consultations. Recommendations proffered on the way forward included: the need to create a common platform for regular deliberations and reflections on the work that CSOs do, the need to diversify CSOs funding sources to navigate the dwindling external funding for CSOs; building the capacities of CSOs to effectively leverage the emerging forms of citizen mobilization and civic activism. With respect to the proposed “National forum on civil society sustainability in Ghana” the key recommendation by the participants included the institutionalisation of the forum and engagements with the NPO secretariat on the way forward around the regulatory framework.
