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ABOUT LECIAD
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Centre was established in 1989 by the Council of the University of Ghana at the request of the then Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and NEPAD). LECIA is thus an academic unit within the Faculty of Social Studies of the University of Ghana but with a strategic link with the MFA.
MISSION/VISIONS
Its mission is to meet the nation’s needs for well-trained diplomats, researchers and professional personnel in International Affairs, International Law and International Economics.
LECIA has undergone a number of progressive changes since its establishment and has attracted students from varying educational and professional backgrounds. The Centre is increasingly becoming the destination of students from all over the world. The Centre adopts a problem-solving approach to the study of international affairs by combining theory and research in order to come to terms with the issues concerning Africa and changes the world is undergoing.
PERSONNEL/STAFF
As a multi-disciplinary research centre, LECIA complements its core faculty strength with scholars from other departments within the University, such as Economics Political Science, Administration, and the Natural and Medical Sciences.
LIBRARY
The Centre also boasts of a modest but specialised and well stocked Library with most of the leading international affairs journals available on the shelves to facilitate the work of the students and staff. Increasingly access is being extended to graduate students from other faculties.
EXTENTION ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES/CONFERENCES/SEMINARS
The Centre collaborates with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Parliamentary Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to organise conferences, workshops and seminars on topical issues on Ghana, Africa and the world at large.
Recent such extension activities have been on Negotiation, Regional Integration, African Union, Ghana’s Foreign Policy Options, Globalisation, Good Governance, Conflict Management, NEPAD and Multilateral Trading System.
LECIA occasionally co-hosts foreign renowned speakers with other institutions like the USAID and Centre for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA). Recently the Centre co-hosted open lectures by Mr. Thomas Friedman, The Foreign Affairs Columnist of New York Times, USA and Professor Phyllis E. Oakley, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
The Centre presently hosts the United Nations Training Programme on Peacebuilding and Good Governance for African Civilian Personnel. This programme is a collaborative activity between Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa (Italy) and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, New York (UNDESA) with financial assistance from the Italian government. |
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