Koforidua, Ghana — July 4, 2025
The Center for International Mediators and Arbitrators (CIMA) has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable peace and democratic stability in Ghana through active participation in the Post-2024 Elections Evaluation Dialogue, held from 2nd to 4th July 2025 at the Capital View Hotel in Koforidua. The high-level event was convened by the National Peace Council, with support from international and national partners, to assess the country’s electoral process and foster strategic dialogue for national cohesion.
CIMA, as a leading institution in dispute resolution and mediation training, played a pivotal advisory and facilitative role throughout the post-election phase. Dr. Osei Bonsu Dickson, Fellow of the CIMA, represented the institution at the dialogue and delivered key insights on conflict de-escalation, legal redress mechanisms, and proactive mediation strategies.
“Sustainable peace demands more than goodwill—it demands technical expertise, neutrality, and inclusive engagement,” Dr. Dickson stated. “CIMA has continued to support national mechanisms like the Peace Council to ensure that electoral grievances are resolved within a framework of dialogue, justice, and institutional legitimacy.”
Throughout the 2024 election cycle, CIMA collaborated with the National Peace Council to deploy trained mediators to hotspot regions, facilitated confidential back-channel engagements between political actors, and provided technical advice on peace architecture strengthening. Notably, CIMA’s assistance at Odododiodio and other volatile constituencies helped avert confrontation and reinforced confidence in dialogue.
The Post-Election Evaluation Dialogue brought together key political stakeholders, security agencies, CSOs, and diplomatic missions to reflect on the conduct of the elections and chart the way forward. CIMA’s contributions—framed within its broader peace and ADR mandate—were widely acknowledged as essential to the post-election stabilization process.
The Center reiterated its readiness to support Ghana and other African states in developing context-responsive mediation frameworks, electoral dispute resolution systems, and long-term peace infrastructure.
As Ghana consolidates its democratic gains, the CIMA-National Peace Council partnership stands as a model of how technical ADR institutions can serve as quiet but decisive actors in national peacebuilding.
