Civic Response in Ghana and partners in Liberia, Cameroon and Republic of Congo, developed monitoring systems in the respective countries for forest governance.  The objective was to generate evidence on selected governance indicators (Participation,Transparency and Benefit Sharing) to inform the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT-VPA) processes.  This document outlines the context, objectives and expected outputs for the Ghana work.