The Ministry of Information has announced that Ghana has won the bid to host the 2024 Global Conference of the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI).
The conference is set to be held in Accra from October 1- 2, and it would be the first time an African Member State is hosting the conference alongside UNESCO.
According to UNESCO, the conference’s main objective is to offer Governments and civil society a list of best practices for mainstreaming the right to information into the organisational systems and culture of different public authorities.
“The IDUAI 2024 Global Conference aims to explore how mainstreaming Access to Information (ATI) laws across government sectors can enhance the right to information. Additionally, there will be a focus on the role of non-governmental actors in ensuring policy coherence for ATI implementation across both public and private sectors,” UNESCO said in a statement.
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Ghana’s Minister for Information, Fatimatu Abubakar, added that the conference will involve a high-level Inter-Ministerial panel discussion to improve mainstream access to information across Government sectors.
“The panel will also discuss the role of the standard-setting instruments from the African Union, the Council of Europe, and other intergovernmental organisations, focusing on various mainstreaming aspects of access to information,” she said.
