GHANA AID POLICY &
STRATEGY
by Veronica Rita Sackey - MDBS Coordinator
Accra, 23 September 2010
Presentation Outline
♦ What is the Ghana Aid Policy & Strategy
♦ Rationale for the Policy
♦ Highlights of the Policy
♦ Objectives of the Policy
♦ Overview of Challenges
♦ Policy/Strategy Areas
♦ What is New?
♦ Implementing the Policy
♦ Next Steps
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What is the Ghana Aid Policy &
Strategy
♦ A coherent and consolidated framework in the
management and coordination of external aid.
♦ Sets out policies and strategies for the sourcing and
utilisation of aid.
♦ Under-pinned by the principles agreed to in the PD
and reinforced in the AAA.
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Rationale
Country
Policies &
Procedures
Human
capacity
Optimal
allocation &
impact of aid on
growth &
poverty
reduction
Economic
management
Institutional
arrangements
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Highlights of the Policy
Overview of the
challenges in aid
management;
Identifies
additional work to
be undertaken
Defines the legislative
framework and
assigns roles as well
as responsibilities to
various Government
institutions.
Sets out Policy
Areas;
Outlines aid
planning,
mobilization,
management and
coordination
strategies;
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Objectives
Ownership &
Leadership
Move beyond
aid
dependency
Strengthen
mutual
accountability
Promote aid
effectiveness
Effective aid
coordination &
mgmt
Manage for
development
results
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Overview of Challenges I
♦ Aligning aid: Much of the assistance provided remains off-plan
and off budget.
♦ Non-use of Country Systems: Despite improvements in PFM
systems, DPs’ use has declined.
♦ Fragmentation in sourcing/managing aid: Contracting of aid
is currently not centrally coordinated.
♦ Transaction Costs: Demand on GoG in terms of time, reporting
needs, uncoordinated missions, etc
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Overview of Challenges II
♦ Inadequate capacity for aid delivery: Absence of national
capacity development strategy.
♦ Conditionality & Unpredictability of aid: Use of policy/process
conditionalities affects predictability of aid (volume, quality,
timing, etc)
♦ Information on aid flows: Incomplete reporting of ODA hinders
monitoring & management of aid received.
♦ Inadequate coordination of aid: Lack of strong linkages within
MoFEP and with MDAs as well as non-alignment of DP
commitments to GoG priorities.
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Policy/Strategy Areas I:
♦ Legal Framework
♦ Sourcing/Mobilization of external aid (Aid
Modalities)
♦ Technical Cooperation & Capacity Development
♦ Aid Coordination
♦ Aligning Aid with Development Priorities
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Policy/Strategy Areas II:
♦ Harmonization
♦ Financial Oversight & Accountability
♦ Mutual Accountability
♦ Managing for Development Results
♦ Institutional Framework for Sourcing &
Managing Aid
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What is New?
♦ Legal framework governing aid, which provides the
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basis for additional documents to complement the
Policy.
Mutual Accountability Framework: Independent
monitoring group
Aid Management Information System
Capacity Development Framework
GoG Coordination: National Aid Roundtable
Coordination with DPs: Government-DP Group
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President’s
Office
MoFEP
Development Coordination
Architecture - Ghana
DP Quarterly Pr.
Review; DP
Portfolio
Reviews;
Annual Policy
Hearings
Parliament
CSPG (MDAs,
CSOs)
CSO
Umbrella
Group
16 SWGs
in total
MDBS
Group
SWG
SWG
Heads of
Mission
Group
SWG
SWG
Regional
Monitoring
Group
District
Monitoring
Group
Aid Coordination Mechanisms and
M&E of Development Framework
GoG – DP
Group
GSS
NDPC
CSO Group
on Aid
Effectiveness
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Government
Gov - DP
Heads of
Cooperation
Group
Dev. Partners
CSO
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Implementing the Policy
Specific roles are identified for the following
Government institutions:
♦ Cabinet
♦ Parliament
♦ MoFEP
♦ MDAs
♦ Ghana Audit Service
♦ NDPC
♦ BoG
♦ CAGD
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Next Steps
♦ The development of additional documents to fully
operationalize the Policy document.
♦ Development and approval of roadmap towards
implementing the Aid Policy and Strategy
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
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