Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung@ 40 in Ghana Advocacy for the adoption of a national youth policy has also been led by youth leaders from the training programmes. Increasing concern about creeping authoritarianism in the administration of Ghanaian universities is been addressed by a group of youth leaders from the training in a project which seeks to improve the state of academic freedom in Ghana. Sexual harassment in universities, long a taboo topic, is one of the cardinal issues planned to be addressed by this group. Another dicey topic under consideration is transparency in student grading. One of the most impactful outcomes of the programmes is its contribution to peace in Ghana through peaceful mobilisation in the party youth movement. The interactions produced by training activists from different parties together has created a lasting relationship which enables the party youth to talk across parties and resolve differences. This relationship has been formalised by the creation of the Inter-Party Youth Committee with the support of FES. This forum brings together the youth organisers of the various parties to discuss issues of common concern to the party youth and also to resolve conflict and address internal differences. This has reduced the capacity of conflict entrepreneurs to use the party youth for violent purposes. In the 2008 elections, this was the most crucial element which kept party youth from fighting each other and initiating a national crisis. The story in Ghana would have been different if there had been a ready army for electoral violence in the youth. In Kenya, Zimbabwe and many countries involved in electoral conflicts, while the political elite submitted the arguments and provided the resources for the conflict, the actual protests, looting and attacks were by the youth. In Ghana those who sought violent answers to electoral concerns found no solace in the youth. Through 57