Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung@ 40 in Ghana BOUNDARIES OF PRIVACY AND PUBLIC LIFE with the same title received rare reviews in the media and helped to inject a sense of media accountability among GJA's members. This was at a time when the press of Ghana was accused of infringing the privacy of several public servants including very highly placed members of government. The publicity and awareness generated by these seminars and publications helped to deepen the general consciousness of the Ghanaian public about the importance of press freedom to good governance and sensitized journalists about their social responsibilities. The FES had a broad view of press freedom which among other things saw a strong GJA as the bastion of press freedom. Thus the FES played a major role in the development of organs of the GJA like its Ethics Committee and the transformation of the Ghana International Press Centre into a multi-purpose headquarters of the GJA. In fact the role of the GJA in the promotion of press freedom and professional standards became much more effective and prominent when its leadership set up a press centre from rented premises and subsequently built its own premises. The FES at the establishment of the GIPC in 1994 provided computers for the new office then at Korle Bu Road and air conditioners when the GIPC was relocated at Kwame Nkrumah Circle. It was again upon a strong recommendation from the FES, that the International Federation of Journalists adopted the GIPC and provided funding for the smooth running of the GIPC for the first two years. With operations and offices in the 1990s in Dakar, Abidjan, and Cotonou, the FES also sought to promote press freedom in the sub-region and therefore facilitated participation of GJA members and executives in educational seminars in the various countries. These visits and exchanges contributed in no small measure to create a useful network for Ghanaian journalists and their colleagues. But beyond that, the FES played a very major role in empowering the media in Ghana and the sub-region 39