Edward Sarpong Associate Development Planner
Executive Director and Technical Lead
Edward Sarpong is a development planning professional with over 10 years working experience in development cooperation, research and training. For 6 years, Edward worked as a technical development advisor working at all levels of the decentralized system in Ghana. At the local level, he has been directly involved in community mobilizations and engagements to document the needs of the people mostly in deprived districts. These engagements were further used to enrich national policy discourse and in the formulation of policies and programmes. Edward also coordinated interventions with the then 10 Regional Coordinating Councils (RCC) to support selected districts in the implementation of their development programmes.
Edward has over the last 5 years being engaged in trainings and research work both in the public and non-governmental sectors. With a strong planning background both at the masters’ and undergraduate levels, Edward is a passionate advocate for inclusive planning and decision making particularly on matters to reduce poverty amongst marginalized segments of society. Edward also holds a practitioner certificate in organizational and systems development, a background that influences positively his skillful engagement with stakeholders at all levels of society. Currently, Edward occupies the position of Senior Research Officer at the Good Governance Africa – West Africa Centre.
