BACKGROUND
- The Information Services Department evolved from an organisation established in the later part of 1939 as a branch of the Colonial Government Secretariat dedicated to convey news on the 2nd World War to the people of Gold Coast. This was done through the production of a weekly journal dubbed the "Empire at War".
In accordance with recommendations made by the Coussey Committee constituted to investigate the 1949 disturbances, the Gold Coast Government re-organised the Department into the Department of Information, and transformed it into an effective Government information disseminating unit to bridge the communication gap between the government and the governed.
After the war, it was renamed the Public Relations Department with an oversight responsibility for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, the Ghana News Agency and the Ghana Film Industry Corporation until they were de-coupled to form separate entities.
After the February 24 Revolution in 1966, the then Ministry of Information and the Department of Information Services was merged to become the Central publicity Agent of the Government.
The Department was split in 1971 to become Public Relations Secretariat and the Public Relations Department which is now known as the Ministry of Information and the Information Services Department respectively. It was re-structured to disseminate information on government policies and programmes.
PROFILE OF ISD
- The Information Services Department (ISD) is an institution of government mandated to disseminate information on government policies, programmes and activities for national development and also get feedback on same to government. This mandate is guided by the following legislative and regulatory frameworks;
• 1992 Constitution of Ghana
• Executive Instrument 2021(E.I 12)
• Right to Information Act 2019 (Act 989)
• Civil Service Act (Amendment Act) 600
• Civil Service Act, 1993 (PNDC Law 327)
• other relevant legislation.
The Department is headed by a Director, who is answerable to the Minister for Information through the Chief Director of the Ministry of Information and required to provide technical and administrative leadership for the effective discharge of the mandate, functions and objectives of the Department. The Director is the Chief Advisor to the Chief Director on all issues concerning development interventions.
The Department has a national network that includes offices in all sixteen (16) regional capitals and two hundred and thirty-two (232) metropolitan, municipal and districts across the country. It also has four (4) foreign offices at Ghana missions abroad including London, New York, Washington and Beijing.
OUR VISION
- The vision of the Information Services Department is to be a smart, modern ISD and the preferred choice for a trusted and credible source of government information.
OUR MISSION
- ISD exists to promote public participation and engagement through awareness creation of government policies, programs, and activities for national development.
OUR FUNCTIONS
The core functions of the Department include the following;
- Create awareness of government policies, programmess and activities through effective communication strategies using qualified human resources and state-of-the-art technology to enhance national development.
- Collate and assess public reaction to government policies.
- Keep Ghanaians abreast of developments in State and Public institutions.
- Keep the Presidency, Ministries and other State institutions in Ghana and diplomatic missions abroad abreast of local developments.
- Market the Ghanaian State at home and abroad.
- Disseminate information on the activities of state officials and policies.
- Maintain a store of state paraphernalia including symbols and the identity kit of the state.
- Record and archive the functions of the Presidency and State officials in written, photographic and film forms.
OUR CORE VALUES
- Integrity
- Customer Satisfaction
- Innovation
- Teamwork
- Accountability
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