Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung@ 40 in Ghana In the area of education and training, Ghana TUC has consolidated its partnership with the University of Cape Coast in providing quality education to its cadre and activists. The challenge remains, however, of institutionalizing education and training in a manner that ensures that trade union operatives at all levels acquire their relevant formation. In terms of Research and Policy, the establishment of the Labour Research and Policy Institute represents an important step in promoting the role of research in the development of policy by Ghana TUC and in ensuring that these become an integral part of trade union intervention in Ghana. Further work needs to be undertaken in consolidating research and policy work and in ensuring that the appropriate relationship is established between them and education and training. In respect of international relations, strengthening links with the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU) is considered strategic by Ghana TUC. This is to be complemented by developing bilateral relations with a number of other trade unions in different sub regions of Africa with the overall objective of strengthening African regional trade union organisation and its role in the processes of regional integration as well as the promotion of good governance in Africa. Given the record of its partnership with the labour movement in Ghana, it can be expected that FES will seek to accompany Ghana TUC in fulfilling its strategic objectives in the current period. This would probably work best on the basis of an engagement between the two organisations that leads to the formulation of a programme and activities that stretch over a number of years. As we celebrate the fortieth anniversary of FES in Ghana and commend the Foundation for its enormous contribution to the growth of the trade union movement and the fortunes of Ghana 48