Governance & Rural Infrastructure

Ghana

Agenda

Introduction G&RI End-goal Context for Development/Strategy Interactive Exercise on G&RI G&RI and Me Q&A (you can ask whateva you like)

Introduction

Junior Fellow – Team Governance and Rural Infrastructure (G&RI) Ghana 2010

McMaster University› Civil Engineering and

Society + Political Sciences

Chereponi District Assembly› Planning Department

the G&RI team

Left to Right: Gato (APS) Alex (Concordia), Luisa (APS), Amir (UofT), Dan (APS), Dhaval (McMaster), Sarah (UVic), Tom (UofAlberta), Maclean (Queen’s)

What success looks like...

END GOAL:Data driven decisions made at the district level

HUH?

Government Structure of Ghana

• Multiple sectors

National Government

• Multiple Sectors• 10 Regions

Regional Government

• Multiple Sectors• 170+ Districts

District Government

Decentralization (in theory)

National Level Programs

Regional Coordination

District Implementation

Non Discretionary Funding

Regional and District Allocation of Funds

Development Planning and Implementation

Planning Processes – Data/Information

District Planning and Coordinating

Unit

Health

Agriculture Education

Water and Sanitation

Planning Processes

Medium Term

Development Plan

Annual Action Plan

Plan Implementati

on

District Data

Plan Monitoring

Informing Plans

Indicators/ Trends

Activity Prioritization

Interactive Exercise

Your turn to experience the chaos that is decision making at the district level

Discussion Questions

Where do we build the borehole?

What were some of the challenges you saw?

How can we address them?

Exercise Data

Community Name

Population Number of Functional Boreholes

Number of Broken Boreholes

Number of Failed Borehole Attempts

Number of Guinea Worm Cases

Wonjuga 450 0 0 3 0Tombo 925 3 1 7 0Wenchiki 2100 6 0 0 0Tambong 600 1 0 0 9Nansoni 825 3 1 2 0Chereponi 3000 12 5 4 0

G&RI and Me

District Data Systems› Creating connections› Databases› Implementation› Sustainability

Hypothesis Testing

Thought Process

Build Connections

Establish Friendships Invest in People Understand

Motivations

Bridge Gaps Leverage Relationships

Build a community

Increase capacity

Step Back and Observe

Let things evolve Offer support Heighten

communication

Challenges ->Opportunities

Ambiguity› No right method› No wrong method

Time constraints› Not a lot of time› Focused efforts

Scheduling conflicts› Less time with key stakeholders› More time with many stakeholders

Questions/Answer Period

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Thank you for your time and attention.