On February 21 2008, IMANI brought together 102 delegates to discuss a draft policy on alcohol for Ghana-becasue Ghana has no policy on alcohol. Two earlier workshops brought together 150 delegates. Last Thursday’s delegates included, highly placed representatives from varied Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Ghanaian government, Australian and Namibian government officials as well as corporate directors of alcoholic beverage companies from Ghana and South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Nigeria, U.K and the U.S.A who came flew in learn from the Ghana/IMANI experience.
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A Workshop on Designing an Effective National Alcohol Policy for Ghana
IMANI Center for Policy and Education, a registered Ghanaian think-tank has been involved internationally in exchanging best practices on self-regulation of advertising and marketing of beverage alcohol. At the last regional workshop held in Cape Town from October 19-20, 2006, stakeholders (government, Industry and think–tanks) from across the world, resolved to:

Encourage Government, Industry and Public Health Partnerships on alcohol policy development
Encourage beverage alcohol companies to support Governments in the development of alcohol policies
Set standards for alcohol production, …