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APRM- FOLLOWING UP ON NATIONAL PLANS: THE CASE OF GHANA

APRM- FOLLOWING UP ON NATIONAL PLANS: THE CASE OF GHANA. Presented by Samuel Cudjoe, Principal Program Officer, NAPRM-GC, Ghana at the Governance Assessments for Accountable Politics Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia; 2 – 5 November, 2009. Outline. NPOA Implementation Strategy

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APRM- FOLLOWING UP ON NATIONAL PLANS: THE CASE OF GHANA

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  1. APRM- FOLLOWING UP ON NATIONAL PLANS: THE CASE OF GHANA Presented by Samuel Cudjoe, Principal Program Officer, NAPRM-GC, Ghana at the Governance Assessments for Accountable Politics Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia; 2 – 5 November, 2009

  2. Outline • NPOA Implementation Strategy • NPOA Monitoring Strategy • Achievement/Impact of APRM in Ghana • Challenges in APRM implementation • Planned next steps

  3. NPOA IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY • NPOA mapped unto national development plans (GPRS II) • Four themes of APRM mapped unto the Four Pillars of the GPRS II • To exploit synergies and ensure effective use of resources • Budgetary prioritization committee • Budget Office in Ministry of Finance recording, tracking and generating expenditure on NPOA activities

  4. NPOA MONITORNG STRATEGY • APRM Governing Council oversees the M&E of the implementation of the NPOA • Three main bodies undertake the M&E exercise • Ministries, Departments and Agencies (Public) – NDPC, BoG, GSS, MoFEP, etc • Report on progress of activities • Technical Review Teams (Think Tanks) – ISSER, PEF, etc • Undertake documentation review and analysis • District APRM Oversight Committees (Civil Society) • Citizen Report Cards

  5. NPOA MONITORING STRATEGY..2 • District Oversight Committees • What is the relevance of the APRM to local communities? • Educate and sensitize communities on the APRM • Part of the M&E strategy • Administer Citizen Report Cards and hold Focus Group Discussions • Prepare Draft Reports which serves as point of engagement with public sector (District Chief Executives and Heads of Public Institutions) • Intended to influence district decision making (development plans )and budget allocations

  6. APRM IMPACT IN GHANA • Broadened and deepened the scope of the national development plan (GPRS II) • A seat round Government and Civil Society tables • APRM Report as reference in public transformation debates • Institutionalization of formal channel between political/public society and civil society

  7. NPOA IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES • Many governance issues raised in NPOA not implemented – especially those requiring Constitutional amendments • Funding of governance institutions • Difficulties in making APRM a household name • Getting Parliament to debate Annual Reports • Paying services of professional Civil Society Organizations • Actually measuring “impact” of APRM

  8. NPOA CHALLENGES … • Sharing best practices and lessons learnt • Mainstreaming APRM into academic and research programs; and to interrogate processes to generate new knowledge and insight.

  9. NEXT STEPS • Scaling up the District Oversight concept to improve governance and service delivery at the local level • Debate APRM reports in Parliament • “Harmonization” of governance indicators with governance institutions • Establishment of West Africa Centre for the Advancement of APRM (WACAA) to undertake research, document and share best practices

  10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

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