INTRODUCTION end, the Technical Review Teams consulted about 5,000 people, whilst the NAPRMGC combed the entire country to reach out to about 18,000-20,000 people. A combined team of the NAPRM-GC and partners including the National Commission on Civic Education and the Media interacted with about 50,000 people. To ensure a balanced representation of stakeholders in the national consultation process a criterion of selection that grouped and identified stakeholders into three broad categories of people was adopted. First, stakeholders from government agencies; second, those from institutions and organizations in civil society that have the capacity, expertise, knowledge and know-how to understand and interrogate the issues raised in the APRM questionnaire and could make significant contributions to the GNPOA. These included think-tanks, academia, civil society organizations, community based organizations and opinion leaders, research institutions, professional associations, Non-Governmental Organizations etc. The third category of stakeholders included ordinary Ghanaians at the household and community level at the grassroots of society. Armed with the selection criteria above first, the Stakeholder Liaison Officer travelled across the length and breadth of the country to identify stakeholders for the ten administrative regions. Second, civil society organizations were encouraged to participate in the process. Third, the technical review teams were tasked to identify stakeholders in respect of the requirements of the questionnaire. Fourth, the NAPRMGC undertook a nation wide outreach education and creation of ownership drive. Fifth, the NAPRM-GC teamed up with national bodies to reach the widest possible stakeholders. It is instructive that our selection criteria benefited from the participatory methodology adopted by the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme (PRSP) and the National Economic Dialogue which bring together representative national stakeholders. The modalities for the involvement of stakeholders entailed consultation and engagement of state and non-state stakeholders, civil society and the public at large to enable them to participate actively in the self-assessment process and the preparation of the GNPOA including planning, generating and validating findings. Participation was in the form of panel interviews for government officials and non-state actors with knowledge and competencies. Second, focus group discussions were held for ordinary citizens. Third, syndicate group discussions were held for stakeholders and their reports fed into the process. Fourth, memoranda were elicited from identified groups like trade unions and teacher associations after taking their members through education and sensitization on the APRM. Fifth, as indicated civil society groups on their own have undertaken autonomous review as their input. Sixth, in the area of democracy and good political governance the technical teams invited relevant civil society groups to undertake the review in their area of expertise and competence. This included issues like conflict and security, gender, human rights among others. Seventh, an internal peer review involving competent public and civil society actors interrogated the reports 158