The three outfits are in the process of establishing the Ghana Philanthropy Network to complement in broader terms the ongoing engagements on enabling environment for philanthropy to make contributions to the Government of Ghana's SDGS priorities and the policies needed to drive these priorities.

Ghana Philanthropy Network would employ the under-listed methods:1. Holding stakeholder dialogues on nurturing indigenous philanthropy and making traditional giving and corporate social responsibility more strategic.2. Involving high net-worth individuals, corporate foundations, and the growing middle class who are sympathetic to the philanthropic cause to act as champions and the fulcrum for raising local resources to support government's SDG priorities3. Advocate for philanthropy to be part of national development planning processes, prioritization and implementation of the SDGs4. Defining philanthropy in the Ghanaian context that would be fit for purpose. This would inform the changes that is required at the point of registration5. Capacity building for members6. Data gathering to identify potential entry points that would inform strategic philanthropy in the local context.

The Ghana Philanthropy Network intends to have a one-stop 'philanthropy center' to provide:1. Capacity building in data collection for local foundations (including latest modes of data visualization)2. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as well as impact assessment training to be able to document success and failures of ongoing and future interventions3. Experiential sharing forum for peer learning where foundations will share experiences of what worked and vice versa in some of their interventions in the MDGs to help shape their work on the SDGs4. Activate knowledge sharing between much more experienced global foundations on philanthropy management and accountability5. Will provide project advisory services for foundations6. Communications training (including producing newsletters and infographics)7. Provide resource center where foundations can source for information in the history and the latest trends of strategic giving and how that could shape their programs on the SDG implementation.

The organization would be headed by a Coordinator who will be responsible for running the 'philanthropy center.' In addition to coordinating the activities of the Ghana Philanthropy Network (GPN), the Coordinator will be responsible for harnessing the power of philanthropy to collaborate with government to achieve national development priorities which includes the sustainable development goals.Engagement with government on development programs, especially those that are SDG related.Registering and engaging foundations and high net worth individuals (HNWIs) to design their giving around the SDGs.Convening stakeholder meetings and roundtable discussions on philanthropy and national development.Help to structure traditional and informal forms of giving to shape the discuss on indigenous philanthropy and the SDGS

SDG Philanthropy Platform UNDP-Ghana, African Women Development Fund, and African Philanthropy Network