DIALOGUE WITH YOUTH LEADERS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
“PROMOTING INTEGRITY, TRANPSARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN YOUTH
GROUPS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS”
The role of the youth as future leaders in our society is very paramount in the shaping of the future of a country. The youth starts shaping their role as future leaders during their youth and in their work in the various youth organizations both in institutions and in our communities.

The battle against corruption cannot also be won by continuing dealing with only the older leadership who we say are corrupt. It also needs new ideas from those who will run economies and the state in the years to come.
It is in view of the above concern that the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition in 2005 as part of its strategies in the fight against corruption, found it necessary to create a platform to:

• Stimulate a dialogue on governance issues by emphasizing the importance role they can play in addressing issues of   corruption

• Motivate the youth to be agents of transformation within their communities to address corruption problem

• Encourage the youth to participate in development issues which is the key to breaking the circle of poverty and ultimately changing our entire society

• Help create networks of knowledge sharing and learning on governance and anticorruption issues among the youth.

The programme was implemented in the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central and Western Regions.

The implementation of the project was done through dialogue and workshops and the provision of some educational materials for the Youth. At the end of 2006 360 students have been trained on how they could build accountability, transparency and integrity within their Groups. The students also agreed on the need to build a Code of Ethics for
their organizations so that only candidates who sign on to abide by the code are elected into leadership positions. They also requested for the assistance of the Coalition to organize some anti-corruption programmes on the campuses.