SNAPSHOT OF OUR PROGRAMS SINCE INCEPTION IN MAY 2010
STUDY ABROAD/EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
GIMPA-NCCU STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (Sept 2010)
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This is a program designed for EMPA students from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) to undertake a comparative study of administration in Ghana as part of their final EMPA program. Since 2007, GIMPA has hosted three batches of students from NCCU. The unique aspect of the program is that students are attached to community based public service organizations in rural Ghana.
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This enabled them to discover first hand some of the challenges facing these communities especially with regard to the administration of core public services and delivery such as water, sanitation, public health and education. Some of the communities that the students visited last year were Agona Swedru, Koforidua Tafo and Battor and in these communities the students learnt first hand the challenges facing these communities.
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Sciences-Po University in Paris is a world renowned University for the study of the Humanities and Social Sciences. We were proud to host a truly multicultural group of 25 MPA students and one faculty member from the Sciences Po University in Paris on our campus for a field trip/ research project on urban planning. -
The students who worked in five (5) groups covered the entire city of Accra interviewing public officials, policy makers and ordinary citizens on their views on topics such as urban transportation and urban planning, this year’s trip was held from January 8-15 and forms part of a collaboration effort between GIMPA and Sciences-Po in the areas of Public Policy Development and Public Administration.
GIMPA HARVARD TRIP (Feb 2011)
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This program runs in the month of February every year, this was a program previously run in connection with the University of Ghana Business School Legon. With the establishment of the secretariat in May 2010, GIMPA successfully run its inaugural program In the month of February for EMBA, EMPA, EMGL, RMBA and Msc students who wish to broaden their educational experience through this program.
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Participants in the inaugural program participated in seminars and conferences at Harvard Business School and Delaware State University there were also visits to the Ghana Embassy in Washington D.C., the U.S. House of Representatives and to the offices of the Mayor of Dover, Delaware where the students were presented with certificates of participation along with a citation from the State of Delaware.