Good Governance Team – August 2008

NICK LOUISJEN

ROBIN

KRISTYCOURTNEY

Good Governance Team - Present

Nick – DPCU, Saboba

Jen - RPCU

Dan – DPCUCentral Gonja

Louis Dorval – Team Lead

Mary - RPCU

Communities

Government of Ghana

National Development Planning Commission

Regional Planning and Coordinating Unit

(RPCU)

Development Partners

District Planning and Coordinating Unit

(DPCU)

Development Partners

Community Organizations, Private

Contractors, local NGOs

MORE CONTEXT

Activity Hub

TEAM STRATEGY

1. Do all of my work down at the district level

2. Build the regional government’s capacity to plan and analyze data. (so it can know it’s own region and the field realities)

3. Build the voice of the regional government to direct development partners

2. Building RPCU Planning Capacity

• Working on harmonizing district level plans

• Observing trends in district level implementation and doing higher level refinement

• Moving into a more supporting role for District Assemblies

3. Directing Development Partners

• Meetings in Accra (capital city) with BIG donors – UNICEF, World Bank, CIDA

• Increased voice at development partner meetings

• Influencing papers to share field realities

• Increasing our partner’s voice – innovative district report cards

That’s the VERY brief explanation!