About Us

The Centre for Social Impact Studies (CeSIS) is a Non-governmental Organisation that seeks to influence policy change in favour of communities impacted by the operations of extractive companies.

Established in January 2011 as an independent, not-for-profit, research and advocacy non- governmental organization, CeSIS primarily focused is on providing research backbone to Ghana’s extractive industry.

CeSIS is headquartered in Obuasi in the Ashanti Region with an office in Takoradi, the Western Regional capital that focuses on the oil and gas industry. Officials of CeSIS have also travelled around the world sharing the organization’s experiences with students, researchers, civil society actors, government officials, and the business community.

Vision

CeSIS seeks to become a world class research institution providing cutting edge science based research results that support advocacy for the development of residents living in resource-rich areas in Ghana and Africa.

Mission

CeSIS’s mission is to influence policy change in favour of communities impacted by the operations of extractive companies.
This has been tremendously executed as CeSIS has become the sole mouthpiece of mining affected communities in Obuasi and adjoining districts especially on compensation, environmental and human rights issues.

Activities

Research and Policy

CeSIS undertakes research at both the local and national levels on identified topics that influence policy on the welfare of people living in communities impacted by the operations of extractive companies. The establishment of CeSIS was based on a assessment of communities impacted by operations of extractive companies in Ghana. The study was to help influence the programs of the organization.

Capacity Building

Capacity Building and Training assistance is one of the main priorities of a CeSIS. The aim is to strengthen the capacity in communities impacted by operations of extractive companies to design and carry out effective strategies that enhances their capacity to influence policy and to adopt more appropriate and participatory methods of rights education within the context of varied development processes at the local, national, sub-regional, regional and global levels.

Advocacy

CeSIS maintains an institutional presence at sessions of major national and international institutions dealing with human rights in mining communities. The aim is to monitor, advocate, and make presentations on issues of concern to people living in communities impacted by operations of extractive companies in Ghana at the international, national and community levels.

Our Team

Robert Ali Tanti

Executive Director

Eric Anaane Ndebugri

Programmes Manager

Joanna Adwoa Bruce

Administrator

Justice Dzivon Mensah

Community Relations and Partnership Officer

Financial Accountant

Nana Kwame Arkoh Sekyi

Dorothy Ofori

Gender and Social Inclusion Officer

Priscilla Affum

Youth Coordinator

Enoch Owusu

Climate Coordinator