What the future holds
Ghanaian President J. A. Kufuor will be meeting his French counterpart, Jacque Chirac this weekend in Paris. President Kufuor is visiting at the invitation of the French President. France has supported Ghana since independence. The President’s visit to France is expected to solidify the good relations that have existed between the two countries.since then. The Accra Mail presents below a brief look at some of the areas the French have been assiting Ghana.
The Media
The French Embassy gives assistance to the profession as a whole without focussing on any newspaper, radio or media company in particular. The studio school of GBC will be soon provided with a digital station that could be used by trainees from private radios of Ghana as well as by radio professionals from the sub-region.
French cooperation also lends its support to the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). The GJA has been given a large number of professional books in English and French. French teaching and free access to French sources of information through the web should be provided for journalists in 2002.
Special assistance has been given to the National Media Commission (NMC); two invitations to France (to the Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel – CSA), and its library has received several technical books on media regulations.
French actions of cooperation are also intended for the Ministry of Information and Presidential Affairs where a project has been set up including:
Source: GhanaWeb
