Ghana is to host the fourth General Assembly meeting of Social Watch, an umbrella body for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), from 60 countries, to deliberate over global issues including Social Watch 2009 Report released about a fortnight ago. The three-day meeting scheduled for October 27-29 would be attended by representatives from Africa, the Arab Region, Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America. It will also elect executives to steer its affairs for the next three years. Ghana is the first African country to host the meeting after Rome, Beirut and Sofia. Dr Yao Graham, Coordinator of Third World Network Africa, local Convenors of Social Watch, addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, said over 100 participants from 60-member countries would attend the programme. He said the meeting would provide the platform for different regional groupings to share experiences on the impact of the global financial crises. "It will also review the organisations efforts, reports and achievements on the economic and social front and determine what areas to concentrate on in future," he said. Dr Graham said efforts by the various CSOs to ensure governments implemented social, economic and gender equality policies for the benefit of society had been yielding positive results. He said it was a major institution that key international organisations including the United Nations consulted for reports on gender and other issues to develop protocols. Source: GNA