Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung@ 40 in Ghana networking, tolerance and dialogue amongst these future leaders of Ghana's democracy is promoted. One of the significant outcomes of this project line is the establishment of the Inter-Party Youth Committee, which is an umbrella group of the youth wings of the four main political parties. During the elections in 2008 when political tensions were very high, the Committee with representatives of all four political parties jointly mounted platforms in all regions of the country to promote violence-free elections. Initiatives such as this one have contributed to the peaceful outcome of those the elections. The coming 40 years of FES in Ghana will certainly bring new challenges and changes in the cooperation. But it can be said with some certainty that FES will continue to work closely with its partners to progress the democratic and economic-developmental process to contribute to a socially just and inclusive society. Looking back into the last 40 years, some contributions in that direction have certainly been accomplished. Kathrin Meissner was the Resident Director of FES-Ghana from 2007-2009. Samuel Opoku Agyakwa is Programmes Coordinator, FES-Ghana . 9