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This Directorate conducts and commissions research into policy and strategy options, compiles and analyses data for the Ministry in particular and government as a whole. It maintains a data bank for effective and efficient decision-making. This Directorate also projects the good image of the Sector both within and outside the country by disseminating information on the Ministry’s policies, activities and procedures as well as providing a mechanism for receiving feedback on Government’s policies and activities. The directorate is composed of the following units: Research and Statistics Unit: It conducts research into the activities of the Ministry. It also ensures that requisite data is available for decision-making.Information Management Unit: The Unit is responsible for the Documentation Centre and for collating required data to create a database for the Ministry. It leads in creating the appropriate policy strategies for branding and building the corporate image for the success of government business within the sector. Information Technology/ Information Systems Unit:- It initiates and maintains information technology network and infrastructure plans, policies, strategies for the Ministry. It also develops supports and integrates new technologies as well as information/data assess security protocols into the operations of the...

The National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons is an Agency established by an Act of Parliament; Act 736 of 2007. The Commission exists among other things, to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons; educate and sensitize the public and provide information on the dangers of small arms and light weapons in order to discourage their production. Functions a)      set in place programmes of action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. b)  educate and sensitize the public and provide information on the dangers of small arms and light weapons in order to discourage their acquisition and production. c)   ensure that obligations under the UN Firearms Protocol, ECOWAS Convention, and other International Instruments on SALW to which Ghana is a party or has acceded to are complied with. d)  advise the Minister for the Interior on the formulation of policies and strategies towards the implementation of provisions as contained in the ECOWAS Convention on SALW,  UN Firearms Protocol and any other relevant international conventions on SALW to which Ghana is a party or has acceded to. e)   receive, study and analyse periodic reports from the Ghana Police Service on the registration and licensing of arms to inform decision and policy and f)    perform any other functions related to the objectives of the Commission.  ...