10th, March
Facilitating Citizen Government Engagement Training and Learn and Share
The training is to build the capacity of RAVI Grant Partners.

3rd, April
Intermediary RGP Meeting
This quarters intermediary RGP meeting will be hosted by SSF at Obuasi.

9th, April
GDCA Annual Festical of CBOs and LNGOs
The Theme of the Festival is "Promoting good governance through effective grass-root participation".

The objectives of the festival are to:
- create a platform for development agencies to learn and share among each other;
- expose NGOs/CBOs to potential partnerships and collaborations;
- promote harmony and cordial relationship among participating organisations; and
- inform NGOs/CBOs of new trends in the sector.

30th, April
SEARCH FOR CONSULTANTS
RAVI intends to commission a number of thematic studies - The lessons from promoting Citizen-Government Engagement in Ghana; the outcomes/impact of RAVI's organisational capacity building activities on the institutional capacities of the grant partners; and the outcomes/impact of RAVI and its partners work in helping vulnerable groups, with a focus on the disabled in exercising voice and demanding their rights - To enable us carry out these studies, we are requesting the services of consultants based in Ghana to lead the assessments.

Interested consultants should submit their CVs to the Project Coordinator through his email address: socran@ravighana.org or the Monitoring and Evaluation Facilitator: roberta@ravighana.org.

Closing date: Thursday, April 30, 2009

12th, May
Capacity building monitoring visits to RAVI Grant Partners
These visits helps to build the capacity of our partners in the areas of programme, monitoring and evaluation and finance and also creates the space for the RAVI Secretariat to monitor the planned activities outlined by the partners.

1st, September
RAVI Annual Review
The RAVI annual review is a collective review showing outcomes and impacts of the entire project.

7th, September
RAVI Annual Learn and Share Festival
RAVI it intends to organise a two-day annual learn and share festival with the theme, “five years of promoting citizen government engagement in Ghana; the RAVI experience”. The festival aims at showcasing the achievements of RAVI and her grant partners over the period of five year of existence. The festival also seeks to inform the general public about the importance of citizen government engagement in promoting sustainable development.

20th, November
Request for Consultants
RAVI invites CVs of Consultants who have competence and experience in Rights-Based Approach Monitoring and Evaluation (RBA M&E). For further information please contact us through info@ravighana.org or on +233 (0) 21 779375.