1st Ghana HR Conference and Excellence Awards launched

The HR Focus magazine, in partnership with the Institute of Human Resource Practitioners, Ghana (IHRMP), has launched the 1st Ghana HR Conference and Excellence Awards in Accra.

This comes as part of efforts by IHRMP and the HR Focus magazine to enhance the promotion of best practice in human resource management in Ghana.

Under the theme, “Achieving Excellence through Human Resource Optimization,” the event seeks to achieve the following objectives in both the public and private sector;

* To identify, recognize and honour organizations which have built up a tradition of best practices in Human Resource Management

* To bring HR best practice culture to the awareness of corporate Ghana and the Ghanaian public.

In an interview with Mrs. Ellen Hagan, Chief Executive of L’AINE Services Ltd. (publishers of the HR Focus Magazine), said a technical committee has been appointed by the Organizing Committee of the Ghana HR Conference and Excellence Awards to carry out the initial assessment and final selection of award winners.

Mr. Ebenezer Agbettor, Executive Director of IHRMP also added that the selection of winners would be authenticated by an Independent Award Monitoring Official or Auditor from Deloitte and Touche Consulting.

The criteria for selection of award winners, information on award categories and nomination forms have been provided on the events website: www.hrconferencegh.com.

The 1st Ghana HR Conference and Excellence Awards is scheduled to take place at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel from 4th to 5th October, 2013.