Dr. Opare-Djan Nana

Dr. Dr. Opare-Djan Nana

Consultancy and Research, Kraban Support Foundation, Somanya, Yilo Krobo District, Ghana
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Biography

Dr. Opare-Djan career highlights include leading evaluations for regional and international development programmes. by collaborating with stakeholders including the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG); Save the Children UK; Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation; Centers for Learning, Evaluation & Results (CLEAR) / Twende-Mbele; and ECOWAS Commission. My technical expertise spans qualitative and quantitative research, environmental, community-driven economic, social, governance and participation action research. Have driven impactful results throughout my career. Key results achieved reveals fascinating insights into my cognitive strengths and untapped potential with outcomes that place me among the top 5% performers in key strategic areas. I bring over four decades of professional expertise of institutional leadership skills in the management of state and non-state institutions; and the delivery of professional legal advice and consulting services. I have skillfully initiated key strategic plans; facilitated the preparation of development plans; coordinated, monitored & evaluated implementation of D-plans to prepare national progress reports based on key performance indicators. My dedication to fostering meaningful change aligns with my mission to advance effective governance and socio-economic development through collaboration and actionable strategies. I truly possess exceptional abilities in research logic and pattern recognition.

Affiliations

Kraban Support Foundation

Somanya, Yilo Krobo District, Ghana

Consultancy and Research

Haroldo Lodge Services

Somanya, Yilo Krobo District, Ghana

MSME Development and Biodiversity

Honors and Awards

honor

• 2nd Prize Winner-Children’s Writing Competition: 1980

Ghana Book Development Council, P.O. Box M430, Accra

Entry of poem entitled the ‘Same Rest The poem constitutes part of Ghana’s literary and cultural history and is relevant to ongoing academic work concerning literary documentation, children’s literature development, and institutional literary promotion in Ghana during the late twentieth century.

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BA (Social Science) Second Class Upper Division

University of Ghana, Legon Accra, Ghana

Having passed the prescribed Examinations on the 2nd day of September 1991 was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts Political Science with Sociology Second Class (Honours) Upper Division. My Dissertation topic was “State Divestiture & State Enterprises in Ghana - A Case Study of Tema Shipyard & Drydock Corporation”

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MA (Adult Education)

University of Ghana, Legon Accra, Ghana

Having passed the prescribed Examinations on the 31st day of December 2000 was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts in Adult Education. Thesis topic: ‘A Study of Lower Pra Rural Bank’s Poverty Reduction and Non-Formal Education Programme: “Credit with Education”

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Postgraduate Diploma (Public Administration)

Ghana Institute for Management & Public Administration (GIMPA)

Postgraduate Diploma - Budget, Public Financial Mgt. & Statistics; Public Administration /Policy Making & Analysis Research topic: “An evaluation of the impact of Kraban Support Foundation’s Microcredit Programme - “TEACH” on Small Scale Women Entrepreneurs in the Okaikoi North sub-metro of Accra Metropolitan Assembly in the Greater Accra Region”

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Environmental Science

Atlantic International University, Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

Thesis topic: “A critique of a legislative instrument-National Development Planning System Regulations. Are they the panacea for the enforcement of compliance and consolidation of decentralised planning in Ghana?”

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

Atlantic International University, Honolulu, USA

01 Nov 2014 - 01 Feb 2026

Post -First Degree Bachelor of Law (LLB)

University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

01 Aug 2009 - 01 May 2013

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

01 Nov 1997 - 01 Dec 2000